Grandparents Rights Resources

February 21, 2010

It’s all about the child

For many reasons there is a groundswell of interest around grandparents rights versus parents rights. The Supreme Court of the United States of America has chimed in about Parents rights and 45 states have passed legislation having to do with Grandparents rights. There are 77,400,000 web sites dealing with parents rights and 2,130,00 about Grandparents rights. In short, there is as lot of interest when it comes to these rights and most have to do with staking out their own […]
February 19, 2010

Information on grandparents visitation rights

Over the last several years there have been  laws created in 45 states to give grandparents visitation rights.  There are laws like this now in almost every state.  Before then there was no such law and grandparents rights did not exist as far as having legal standing in the courts to even attempt to have visitation.  If a parent did not want a grandparent to see their grandchildren and tried to stop, any type of visitation there was no law […]
February 16, 2010

Baby-Boomers are now Grand-Boomers

It is official, the baby-boomer generation has entered into the grandparents right of passage. Since the definition of a baby boomer is anyone born between 1946 and 1964 and the average age for a new grandparent is 48 that places a lot of those folks into what is being called the Grand-Boomers. I kind of like that term even though I am too old to qualify. This classification was significant enough that AARP did a breakout study of this age […]
February 12, 2010

BEYOND GRANDPARENTS VISITATION

Grandparents rights in many states will place them in a position to be care givers for their grandchildren.  Grandparents custody is on the rise these days. this may be due to a divorce, death or even financial problems.   There are many reasons for this happening.  There is a lot of happiness in raising grandchildren but also many problems come about along the way.  To get additional help with health care, finances and schooling you need to learn about the laws […]
February 10, 2010

GRANDPARENTS RIGHTS FOR CUSTODY AND VISITATION

If you are a grandparent seeking to find out what your rights are concerning your grandchildren when you start asking questions you may find that most people do not think that a grandparent has any rights if the parents object to visitation.  The sad thing is that these people are correct for the most part.  At this time there is no constitutional law in the United States that gives grandparents visitation rights.  Fortunately, in some states and in some situations […]
September 7, 2009

The Extraordinary Ordinary Says a Lot About Grandparents

THE EXTRAORDINARY ORDINARY SAYS A LOT ABOUT GRANDPARENTS Every week or so I take the trip from Charlotte, NC to Asheville, NC to work on our internet businesses with my son, Chuck. Last week I stayed overnight so my 4 year old granddaughter, Ceili and I could take her Dad to breakfast for his birthday. I was sipping coffee in their dinning room when this beautiful sleepy angel came around the corner and curled up on my lap with Mr. […]