With changing familial structures that involve divorce and remarriage, some family relationships and roles fall to the wayside. Grandparents are often victims of these changes, with their grandparents visitation rights commonly terminated upon a relationship’s demise.

Because of the bond between grandparent and grandchild, it’s important to understand just what constitutes Read More

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Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a new Kansas grandparents rights bill into law, in an effort to give grandparents more rights in child-in-need-of-care cases.

The House Substitute for Senate Bill 23, which expands grandparents rights to take over parenting when their children are deemed unfit parents, was signed by Brownback earlier this Read More

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Grandparents rights are becoming more and more important in our society, as the statistics clearly show.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 7 million children living with a grandparent in 2009, which is almost 10 percent of all children in the United States. The reasons vary as much as the families themselves, but the number of grandchildren living with their grandparents (one or both) conti Read More

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Many people start the journey toward learning about grandparents rights by asking the simplest question first: “Do grandparents have rights?”

When you’re looking at the question “Do grandparents have rights?” you must look to the state of the American family and how that impacts older Americans. The past 30 years have seen tremendous changes when it comes to the Ameri Read More

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Most people will tell you that grandparents do not have any common law rights to see their grandchildren. These people are not entirely correct. There is no basis in constitutional law as regards to grandparent visitation rights in the USA. And yet, there are cases in this country all the time where grandparents are found to be entitled to visitation rights.

To learn the latest laws and developments in your area with respect to grandparent rights to child custody and visitatio Read More

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There are many reasons today why grandparents are raising their grandchildren. It is increasingly common and has accelerated over the last ten years.

Grandparents who are raising their grandchildren should take these tips to become successful in their endeavors:

First and foremost they have to take good care of themselves, because how can they take care of those kids if they cannot take care of themselves and goes with the saying they cannot give what they do n Read More

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Over the last two decades the numbers of children being raised by their grandparents has increased dramatically. Reasons for grandparents increasing their roles to become parents include things as diverse as parents being incarcerated, drug and alcohol abuse, divorec and abandonment and mental health issues, among others.

Grandparents are keeping families together and serving as a safety net to keep children out of the formal foster care system. However, many grandparent Read More

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There are two principal situations when the custodial rights of grandparents come into play.  One is when the grandparents wants custodial rights over the child’s real or adoptive parents.  The other is when the grandparent wants custody over persons who are not the child’s real or adoptive parents, but who presently have custody.

With high divorce rates, teen pregnancy issues, drug problems, abandonment, abuse and sometimes the death of a parent or parents, ma Read More

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Grandparents custody is occurring with greater frequency today due to many social factors. Certainly, the number of grandparents raising their grandchildren in their homes is skyrocketing.

Grandparents who take care of their grandchildren regularly, whether through a court order or because their children are unfit, may Read More

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Seeking to obtain grandparents visitation rights can be a very trying event for any grandparent. When we usually see our grandchildren on a normal basis and that is taken away it can leave us very sad. We miss them very much because they are so much a part of our lives. We love the relationship we have with our grandchildre Read More