Another one of the 6 issue Senator East wanted considered was; 4) If access to courts to adjudicate Grandparents Visitation Rights is to be permitted, who shall bear the cost of that litigation?
“The Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act gives the court discretion to assign one party’s cost and attorney fees to another party, based upon a consideration of the resources of both parties. This is an example of what has been done to allocate costs when they become a financial burden upon one party or another.”………..
………..”Some states, I believe, have mandatory requirements for representation of the child. Cost are shared by the parents, as the court prescribes.
Grandparents access to the courts may cause some rethinking of this issue. Should there be mandatory representation of the child, even though it is, otherwise, discretionary? What should be the grandparents share of the costs of this representation? These, again, are questions that will need answers when and if drafting is to take place.”
This question just underlines the many complications on the issue of Grandparents Rights. What I most admire is the thoroughness of this inquiry.
Thanks for being Caring Grandparents>
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