Cathy Dodge`s Blog Site

I was talking to a friend yesterday and her son is getting a divorce.  That situation is common and sad, but she wanted to know what rights she had as a grandparent of the sweetest little girl who is her only granddaughter.  I am much more computer savvy than, we’ll call her Maude, so I went searching to see if there was such a thing as grandparents rights.  I found some really useful custody information online including a Grandparents Right Manual which cleared a few things up for both me and Maude.  The short answer to the grandparents question is “Yes.  But not many.”  It seems that unless the grandparent has been acting as a parent (meaning they live with them), grandparents are treated almost like a stranger as least as it pertains to custody rights.  Luckily, Maude has a good relationship with her future ex-daughter in law and will still be able to see her granddaughter on the weekends, but it’s something for the rest of us to keep in mind.  Fortunately, grandparents definitely have fair visitation rights!

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