Grandparents Rights

June 24, 2011

Why you need to know your grandparents rights

Are you a grandparent who is feeling wronged? Are you intending to file a law suit to enable you to visit your grandchildren? Are you feeling frustrated by the repeated refusals your son or daughter’s ex spouse is putting you through when it comes to your grandchildren and you? Do you suspect your grandchild is being subjected to child abuse, drugs or careless parenting? If so, then it is time you got to know your grandparents rights inside out. Grandparents […]
June 21, 2011

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 the court to consider whether parents are depriving a grandparent of the chance to visit a child. Check out this video […]
June 18, 2011

Grandparents vistiation rights and custody rights in today’s society

Grandparents visitation rights and custody rights are becoming a huge issue in our society. Not only are more grandparents today taking on the responsibility of their grandchildren, but more grandparents are petitioning the court for visitation rights and winning visitation rights and/or custody of their grandchildren. In my book No Greater Loss I explore the complexities of these issues in our culture today. My book has great detail about the specifics of the law and what it means to grandparents. […]
June 13, 2011

Alabama SC strikes down grandparents visitation rights law

In a sad blow to grandparents rights the Alabama Supreme Court last week struck down a state law that guarantees visitation rights for grandparents, ruling that it unconstitutionally violated the rights of fit parents who might not want their kids to be around their grandparents. The SC justices overturned Alabama’s recently passed Grandparent Visitation Act in a 7-2 decision. To read more about this controversial issue check out my post on Grandparents Visitation Rights. Here is some of what the […]
June 11, 2011

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 some specific situations where you will be in some trouble if you do not have specific rights […]
June 8, 2011

The legal issues surrounding grandparents rights and custody

Many different reasons or circumstances can compel a grandparent to look into grandparents rights issues with their grandchildren. Considering today’s high divorce rates, teen pregnancy issues, drug problems, abandonment, abuse and sometimes the death of a parent or parents, many grandparents feel the need to step up and help out. Grandparents rights is a difficult legal matter, though, and often it’s hard to know where to start or get help. I discuss all of these issues in detail in my […]
May 23, 2011

Finding out what your grandparents rights are

More and more the subject of grandparents rights is coming up in our society. In my recent book No Greater Loss I took a detailed look at the current status of grandparents rights as well as giving some resources and advice to those in need. Here is some of what I found out in researching that book. Children are the best companions to the aging grandparents. In the past they were under grandparent’s custody irrespective of their parents alive or […]
May 20, 2011

Governor signs new Kansas grandparents rights bill into law

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 month. The bill gives grandparents automatic standing in court in child-in-need-of-care cases. Without automatic standing as interested parties, grandparents are not necessarily sent notice of proceedings involving their […]
May 2, 2011

The first step in fighting for your grandparents rights

As a grandparent, finding out that your child is getting divorced can be a reason for many worries. As custody and visitation rights for the parents are decided you must sit on the sidelines and watch as very important relationships in your life are worked out by others. It can be frustrating and frightening not to know what kind of access you will have to your grandchildren after years of seeing them regularly. When going through such a scenario you […]