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Dealing with difficult child's children, our grandchildren
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 626499" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>The issue of grandparent's rights is NOT as legally undefined or zero as you think. Grandparents' rights are VERY different from state to state. In my state the grands have ZERO rights UNLESS/UNTIL the parents are no longer married to each other. If the parents are married to each other, the grands have no ability to get visitation, etc... through the courts. If the parents were not married or they divorce, grandparents can get visitation through the courts. It is no longer up to the parents at that point and judges are very willing to give visitation rights so that the children have more stability and more adults to make sure they are taken care of and not abused. </p><p></p><p>Other states have different laws and it is not at all the same from one state to the next. Of course some states may have no laws about it, but it is something that may change at any time based upon what the grandparents in that state are willing to do to change the laws.</p><p></p><p>Too often grandkids are used to control grandparents. difficult children know how powerful a tool they have with that child, and it is up to each family to figure out how to handle that. I think Witz made the only possible sane choice in her situation. I wish it was different, but it IS up to each grandparent to decide how long and to what degree they will be controlled.</p><p></p><p>I do encourage each of you with kids and/or with grands to know your rights in your state and in the state your grandkids reside in (I don't know which rules would apply if the kids live in another state.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 626499, member: 1233"] The issue of grandparent's rights is NOT as legally undefined or zero as you think. Grandparents' rights are VERY different from state to state. In my state the grands have ZERO rights UNLESS/UNTIL the parents are no longer married to each other. If the parents are married to each other, the grands have no ability to get visitation, etc... through the courts. If the parents were not married or they divorce, grandparents can get visitation through the courts. It is no longer up to the parents at that point and judges are very willing to give visitation rights so that the children have more stability and more adults to make sure they are taken care of and not abused. Other states have different laws and it is not at all the same from one state to the next. Of course some states may have no laws about it, but it is something that may change at any time based upon what the grandparents in that state are willing to do to change the laws. Too often grandkids are used to control grandparents. difficult children know how powerful a tool they have with that child, and it is up to each family to figure out how to handle that. I think Witz made the only possible sane choice in her situation. I wish it was different, but it IS up to each grandparent to decide how long and to what degree they will be controlled. I do encourage each of you with kids and/or with grands to know your rights in your state and in the state your grandkids reside in (I don't know which rules would apply if the kids live in another state.) [/QUOTE]
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