Brave Grandparents

June 1, 2010

What to do if you are seeking custody of your grandchildren

If grandparents can prove to the courts that their home offers adequate resources for raising a child then they will be strongly considered. Overall, grandparent custody is a generally preferred alternative in most every state to foster care. The bottom line is that grandparents do have rights when it comes to custody and their grandchildren. The courts recognize them as an integral part of the family support system. The key however is for grandparent’s to make their wishes known and […]

May 20, 2010

How to obtain grandparents custody

It is true that a grandparent may seek legal custody of their grandchildren for numerous reasons. How simple or complex this is will depend on individual circumstances and whether or not both the parents and grandparents are in agreement that the children should be in the custody of the grandparents. Legal custody is awarded by the courts and is not merely a written agreement between two parties. If both parties are not in agreement, the grandparent or must prove to […]

April 17, 2010

Fighting for your grandparents rights

When grandparents have to fight their own children for grandparent rights or custody of grandchildren they must actually deal with entirely different set of stress factors and pain than when a parents fight each other. Grandparents may actually find themselves accused of everything from physical abuse to mental abuse to using drugs. This is possible, because any real or imagined grievances or misdeeds from your children’s childhood can be brought up in order to assault or accuse grandparents who only […]