GRANDPARENTS AS PARENTS NEED TO KNOW THEIR GRANDPARENTS RIGHTS
You may be surprised to know that over 6 million households (Headed by Heroic Grandparents) in America today are involved in rescuing grandchildren from non-functioning family units. Many of these arrangements are informal in nature. This causes all kinds of problems for Grandparents Rights in every case as well as added instability for the grandchildren.
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Grandparents raising grandchildren rally in Washington, DC
Across the country hundreds of thousands of grandparents raising grandchildren do not get sufficient rights or help. They gladly take on the role as the primary caregiver, but they hope to gain some of the same support afforded to foster parents.
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What is Elder Law?
More and more these days, people are asking me about Elder Law.
As the nation ages, it has become an important part of our legal system. Grandparent rights are part of Elder Law, but they are not the only part.
If you don’t know what Elder Law is, you should learn. Elder Law is a composition of legislations that determin Read More
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Grandparents raising grandchildren should consider their situation and their rights
The number of children being raised by their grandparents has risen sharply since the start of the recession in 2007, according to a Pew Research Center study that found one in 10 children in the US now lives with a grandparent.
Many people have a lot of questions when it comes to grandparents custody and the consideration of grandparents rightsRead More
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Grandparents rights in Wisconsin: a victory in court
Grandparents rights in Wisconsin have been upheld due to a recent court case.
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has clarified that when Wisconsin’s “special grandparent visitation provision” applies, petitioning grandparents need not show a “significant triggering event” occurred in order to seek visitation rights of a nonmarital grandchild.
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Are we losing our grandparents rights?
Are grandparents rights slipping away from us? Are we losing them?
This question comes at me more and more ever since the terrible Supreme Court decision of TroxellRead More
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Grandparents rights in Tennessee could be approved
Tennessee judges may soon have legal authority to grant visitation rights to grandparents fighting to see their grandchildren and that’s a first for the state.
Both the House and the Senate passed the grandparents rights bill. It now sits on Governor Haslam’s desk.
It’s sponsored by Johnson City Republican Senator Rusty Crowe. Among other things, the measure calls for th Read More
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Grandparents raising grandchildren
Grandparents raising grandchildren has become a very common factor and it seems that there are many more grandparents taking on the role of parent to their grandchildren and this puts many grandparents in a funny situation. It may be complicated to determine what your grandparents rights, but you need to find out what you can do as a grandparent and there may be Read More
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Alabama Senate passes grandparents visitation rights bill
The Alabama Senate passed a bill this week that would give grandparents visitation rights to their grandchildren. The bill has previously passed the Alabama House of Representatives in April and it now heads to the Governor for his signature.
The grandparents rights bill (HB 348) was sponsored by Representative Harry Shiver o Read More
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Where to go for information about grandparents custody
For a lot of reasons, grandparents custody is on the rise these days. Much of this is due to the percentages of marriage that end in divorce, but there are also often factors such as the premature death of a parent, parental problems with drugs or incarceration, or financial problems tied to these tough times. Any of these things can cause gr Read More
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