|
|||||||||
|
|
Recent Blog Posts |
Reader comment on:
|
|
Other reader comments on this article
| Comment | By | Date |
To accommodate all parties' interests, particularly the children's, regarding grandparent rights and in light of our State's Family Court practices... [MORE] |
Kevin |
|
I hope the courts provide clarity regarding the weight fit parent's views should be afforded and who has the burden... [MORE] |
Kevin |
|
My own mother took me to court for custody because I was in an accident and could barely walk. You... [MORE] |
Erica |
|
The law deffinalty needs defined. I am a firm believer in family involvement. However, my own GPV case is a... [MORE] |
klynch |
|
Have you thought of adoption. The law states that the grandparents rights automatically terminate in the event of an adoption.... [MORE] |
Erica |
|
only some states will turminate a visitation if an adoption takes place. However the parents of the decseaded parent can... [MORE] |
klynch |
|
Advocate: 1. One that argues for a cause; a supporter or defender: an advocate of civil rights. 2. One that pleads... [MORE] |
Jennifer |
|
We aren't mad at your particular situation. We are mad at the Grandparents who are trying to control their adult... [MORE] |
Erica |
|
If mothers and fathers were more responsble today, maybe grandparents would not need to intervene. Bottom line is concern about... [MORE] |
tony |
|
I couldn't agree with you more Tony! My son and daughter in law prefer to buy themselves expensive clothing, New... [MORE] |
Lucy |
|
If what you're saying is true, how bout you call DCFS? [MORE] |
Erica |
|
I believe that most people feel that when a child is in danger someone needs to step on on the... [MORE] |
Krista |
|
I absolutely agree that it's a control issue. My son is 3 and his dad passed away last summer, now... [MORE] |
Kellie |
|
Mandy, Your in laws can not take your child if you are a fit mom, You need to report them... [MORE] |
lucy |
|
We went to court in October. Come to find out my parents don't just want visitation anymore, they are sueing... [MORE] |
Brandie |
|
When my nephew was a year old, my sister and her husband divorced. She started abusing alcohol and drugs and... [MORE] |
Katie |
|
Recently our son decided to stray. While we tried to be supportive, we cannot "support" this kind of behavior. We... [MORE] |
grandparent |
|
You have no right to sue for visitation unless you can prove that the childrens parent(s) are unstable. If your... [MORE] |
susan |
|
I've wrote before.. but i want to say... when the parents are not "fit" they are abusive or drug/alcohol addidicts.... [MORE] |
Michelle |
|
Maybe you should do some research on grandparents rights, It all depends on the circumstances, Do more research/ [MORE] |
Lucy |
|
my in-laws have kept my child away from me twice. My husband and I are going through a divorce. He... [MORE] |
mandi |
|
My daughter is a drug addict with a 3 year old son. She went to rehab and was doing very... [MORE] |
Cindy |
|
My ex- wife and her parenents have taken me to court for visitation. How do I stop it? 1st My ex... [MORE] |
Help |
|
It is not an issue of rights of parents or grandparents alone. It is also a question of the rights... [MORE] |
raj |
|
My parents are taking me to court for Grandparent visitations. They were seeing my son every other weekend when my... [MORE] |
Brandie |
|
my daughter was taken by my motherinlaw 17 years ago. she told lies on me and her father to get... [MORE] |
deborah |
|
My fiance' and I have been together just over 2 years now. He has a 9 year old daughter, I... [MORE] |
Brandee |
|
Hi, Your story is my story.... We went threw the same thing... My mom and dad took me to court. They... [MORE] |
Michelle |
|
Something happened, we don't know what, and my Aunt and Mother came up with reasons to criticize our parenting- my wife's... [MORE] |
Joe |
|
A young mother suddenly passes away from illness. Fathers who have not been involved in their childrens lives, over due... [MORE] |
LV4TCSJT |
|
My daughter showed up one day and left the baby with me and the biological father. Over a period of... [MORE] |
Don't Judge if you haven't been there |
|
this is about grandparents who sue because they can! Or sue because they just dont like the parent and want... [MORE] |
kel |
|
This week my parents filed for cutody of my child. My husband and I separated about 16 months ago and... [MORE] |
Terica |
|
So you're a grandparent that had to step up due to a lousy daughter? How about instead of bashing your... [MORE] |
Erica |
|
New Jersey and Maryland Supreme Courts got it right. They ruled in favor of the parent's fundamental right to decide... [MORE] |
Anonymous |
|
I just got back from court today and have been fishing around the internet . Our next court day is... [MORE] |
larry |
|
i feel your pain. we are a low in come family making it on our own . my parents filed... [MORE] |
Krystal |
|
In rulings just this week both the Maryland Supreme Court and the New Jersey Supreme Courts have found for parents... [MORE] |
K. Bearden |
|
opposed to this legislation are those that have lost their third party visitation cases. Correct Lisa, Karen and Andrea? [MORE] |
Jack |
|
Grandparents who sue for visitation obviously are opposed to allowing their adult child the same right they enjoyed raising their... [MORE] |
Jill |
|
Taking healthy families to court, at tremendous expense to the family, further degrading them with psychological evaluations, violating their privacy... [MORE] |
K. Bearden |
|
To Jack- Who better to advocate for how wrong this kind of legislation is than those who have had their family... [MORE] |
K. Bearden |
|
When there is an issue of parents using drugs and alcohol and the children not getting proper care. Grandparents intervention... [MORE] |
Margarita Ladage-Johnson |
|
Perhaps the courts could spend a lot more time and effort helping those abused and neglected children if our tax... [MORE] |
K. Bearden |
|
Drugs, alcohol abuse, and child abuse are serious problems best addressed by custody suits. In these cases a fit grandparent... [MORE] |
Olivia |
|
Have you ever had to deal with a drug addicted parent abandonding a 2 month old baby? I have. I... [MORE] |
GerTie |
|
I'm seeing a lot of grandparents reply with the "don't judge if you haven't been there" defense. However, you are... [MORE] |
K George |
|
Both of my granddaughter's parents are drug addicts. One is a career criminal, now going back (again) for 3 years.... [MORE] |
Kathleen Ambrose |
|
I totally agree about letting our children raise their own kids (our grandkids) without grandparents interfering but what happens when... [MORE] |
Lucy |
|
Grandparents controlling their children? What planet are you on? I seen more parents controlling their children grandparents! Believe me I... [MORE] |
Lucy |
|
Usually on this day I would of been all excited about tomorrow *Christmas eve* I would had all my presents... [MORE] |
Lucy |
|
Happy new year everyone! Well, Christmas and 2007 has past and still haven't been able to see my grandkids, I'm... [MORE] |
Lucy |
|
Visitation by grandparents in neither a right nor a previlege. It is a duty to ensure that their children and... [MORE] |
Raj |
|
This is surreal. Whoever thought this stuff up was nuts. On what legal basis are these grandparents suing fit parents?... [MORE] |
Andy |
|
I completely agree with your comment. This law completely infringes on the rights of the parents and does nothing but put... [MORE] |
Suffering as we speak |
|
have you found a way for us to stop this? [MORE] |
Kel |
|
I am just so sickened by this law and what it is doing to me and my boys! lets get... [MORE] |
mom |
|
The most recent update of the law was effective Jan. of 2007. My own mother has taken me to court... [MORE] |
Erica |
|
Legal basis is always dependent on needs of time, and is decided by the society. Today, with the exploding divorce... [MORE] |
Raj |
|
Nice little article however my daughter's father is dead and grandma refuses to see my daughter unless I am not... [MORE] |
suffering as we speak |
|
I'm a grandpatent - and - right; laws need to protect the children. That is why all laws giving court... [MORE] |
Donna |
|
I am responding in general to all the comments made on this site. You parents need to get a grip.... [MORE] |
Pogie |
|
My soon to be ex-husbands parents have kept our child from seeing me. They flat out lie to me about... [MORE] |
mandi |
|
I would like to express my concern regarding court ordered Grandparent Visitation and New York Domestic Relations Law 72.... [MORE] |
Mom2-3 |
|
I can't believe what I am reading. My husband and I spent over a year fighting off abusive grandparents, being... [MORE] |
Renee |
|
I'm in court right now trying to fight off my ex-mother in law to have any visitation with my daughter... [MORE] |
Dee |
|
I respect the wishes of those parents who don't wish their children to have any contact with their grandparents. In... [MORE] |
zenaida ortiz |
|
I am just so angry and upset! my life has been hell! I am broke and we have not even... [MORE] |
mom |
|
I think you are only telling your side of the story, I'm sure there was a reason why your children... [MORE] |
Lucy |
|
When parents take an action that damages the "love" bond that exists in the heart, grandparents/significant others are left to... [MORE] |
Paul in NY |
|
i just read this article because i was recently served with order to show cause documents by my husband's parents... [MORE] |
jaime |
|
I've been divorced for 4 years, my ex and I share custody of our 3 children.. I know that he... [MORE] |
Jodi |
|
I would do everything possible to wait until they get out of school before moving. If you agree to their... [MORE] |
Erica |
|
VIctim of Domestic violence, my daughter was assaulted at age 3 by her biological father, I have been in family... [MORE] |
Kathy |
|
"Under the provision of the state's Domestic Relations Law, grandparents usually are allowed to petition for visitation only when one... [MORE] |
Polly |
|
Grandparents have endangered their grandson by hiding son's drug addiction and now want visitation when always solidly criticizing mother (who,... [MORE] |
Nancy |
|
My situation is the same as this artical! Is there a way that I can divorce my parents to keep... [MORE] |
Faith |
|
It is true that the USSC Justices issued six opinions in Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000). However, there... [MORE] |
Karen A. Wyle |
|
There are only 5 states that have adopted a harm standard as a prerequisite for granting third party visitation. [MORE] |
Jack |
|
|
Mary |
|
How about us parents stick together and DO SOMETHING!I am going through this process with a grandmother who wasn't even... [MORE] |
Kel |
|
I have to protect my kids from their grandparents. The grandparents raise two of my husbands nieces and they refuse... [MORE] |
Tammi |
|
|
Lisa S |
|
should consider the trauma inflicted upon them when selfish parents irresponsibly decide to terminate a cherished relationship. [MORE] |
Jack |
|
My comments illustrate what children and parents must go through when they are sued because a grandparent cannot live with... [MORE] |
Lisa S. |
|
CHERISHED is a very subjective word. [MORE] |
barbara |
|
Parents who truly care for their children and grandchildren don't traumatize and suck a family dry using the court system... [MORE] |
K. Bearden |
|
My own parents took me to court for visitation of my children 5 years after i got divorced. They were... [MORE] |
Michelle |
|
|
Dauger |
|
My grandson is the victim of grandparent's rights. Yes, I said a victim. This is not about a cooking baking... [MORE] |
Deborah Custer |
|
when the decision to terminate the grandparent relationship is purely motivated by the parent's self-serving interests, interests that run contrary... [MORE] |
Jack |
|
Jack you have seem to have nominated yourself guro of a child's best interest! Not to mention having the need... [MORE] |
John |
|
I live in NJ and was sued by my mother for GPV 2.5 yrs ago. After spending $30K, the NJ... [MORE] |
Valerie |
|
SINCE YOUR SON HAS CUSTODY OF YOUR GRANDSON I PRESUME YOU HAVE CONTACT WITH YOUR GRANDSON IF NOT WHY? MY... [MORE] |
GRANDMA X 5-1 |
|
It's about time someone tell the truth about grandparent bashing. There seems to be a trend whether the parents are... [MORE] |
CAROLENA |
|
Grandparent visitation is a nasty thing when it's used against fit parents. I am a stepmother, although my child is... [MORE] |
Keri |
|
I have a 4 yr old grandaughter who has lived in my house for three years and now my daughter... [MORE] |
Robin |
|
I am a single mom raising 2 children. My mother and I have never had a good relationship. She watched... [MORE] |
Speer |
|
|
Jennifer |
|
|
candace |
|
I am a child advocate and am working with Legislation to Ensure all Grandchildren get to visit and know the... [MORE] |
Brenda |
|
This would be the adult thing to do if the Grandparent knew their place in the family unit. When the... [MORE] |
Tara |
|
So what you are advocating is placing the child in the middle of what is a hostile situation? Not all... [MORE] |
K. Bearden |
|
I had been in my grandchilds live up until last May of this year. I had tried to be helpful... [MORE] |
busywoman |
|
I couldn't agree with you more, So wrong for parents to use their kids as weapons, The only time they... [MORE] |
Lucy |
|
Brenda, You are on the right track. Grandparents, in the current context of exploding divorce rates, youth violence, premature sex and... [MORE] |
Raj |
|
The courts are allowing the estranged parent of grandchild to more or less BRIBE the Grandparents. They are using children... [MORE] |
CLAUD |
|
1/5/07 This certainly doesn't apply in my case. My son died 14 months after our granddaughter was born. We only asked... [MORE] |
Lois A. Galloway |
|
Claud: As a victim of a vindictive mentally ill estranged father in law who has come after my children after... [MORE] |
Annie |
|
It's ridiculous that you expect any sympathy, as Dr. Phil would say, "How's that working for you?" Did you really... [MORE] |
K. Bearden |
|
we are pursuing our wishes to see our the 6 and 4 yr. old grandkids through the courts as I... [MORE] |
pam |
|
Grandparent Visitation seems to be coming a "hot topic". I have been working on this issue through legislation. What seems... [MORE] |
Andrea K. |
|
I disagree with the AG's commentary that our statute is constitutional because it can be "construed" to be giving parents... [MORE] |
Karen |
|
in "complete disregard for your children". [MORE] |
Jack |
|
And suing your adult child is in complete disrespect of your adult child's abilty and right to parent as he/she... [MORE] |
Helen |
|
It's all about respect for the parent. [MORE] |
Jack |
|
A poster wrote that, "it is all about respect for the parent". To a large degree the poster is correct.... [MORE] |
Mary |
|
Jack, It's funny you go there. You are the parent of the child's parent, right? But somehow in your twisted perception... [MORE] |
K. Bearden |
|
The fact of the matter is that, to begin with, divorce does not enrich a child's life. [MORE] |
Antoninus |
|
A parent in the good old U.S. of A. no longer has rights to their children. This is true due... [MORE] |
Warrior |
|
ok...in a nitshell...I am a divorced mother of 3..I share primary residance of my 3 children with my ex husband...at... [MORE] |
Jodi |
|
my girlfriend and i just had a little boy on jan. 31. there is a chance that he isn't biologically... [MORE] |
daryl |
|
I also filed for visitation after reporting a daughter who had abused drugs and alcohol for 26 years. The courts... [MORE] |
margarita |
|
If all grandparents were cookie baking, let's go fishing old people, this would be a no-brainer...but they're NOT. These same... [MORE] |
barbara |
|
When you protect the child's parents you are securing the child's future. The law must protect the parents as the... [MORE] |
K. Bearden |
|
Ironic isn't it that you didn't seem to acquire this opinion until after you were done raising your kids. If... [MORE] |
K. Bearden |
|
The nuclear family is destroyed once the divorce occurs and one of the parents (usually the father) is excluded from... [MORE] |
Antoninus |
|
How horrible!!! Some grandparents are not worthy of seeing their grandchildren!!! We are in the middle of a similar situation... [MORE] |
Pam |
|
How can we stop this? i just got took to court by my boys paternal grandparents because their son my... [MORE] |
Rebecca S |
|
I have 5 beautiful grandchildren. I am not allowed at this time to see 3 of them due to my... [MORE] |
Sharon |
|
There are several comments about irresponsible parents doing drugs and/or dropping their kids off on grandma's doorsterp. Clearly irresponsible. Clearly... [MORE] |
Olivia |
|
I have read your essay and I can tell you have let your bitterness blind you and perhaps you are... |
Beverly |
|
Haven't seen both grandchidren since July3,2007. Going to court and daughter doesn't show 3x. Whats this, is not contempt? Have... [MORE] |
pam |
|
I totally understand, I've been in court with my mother four years, at this point I'm losing my home and... [MORE] |
Lisa Wright-Clegg |
|
There are some comments that i have read about other laws protecting children who actually are in unfit environments, It... [MORE] |
liz |
|
There are some comments that i have read about other laws protecting children who actually are in unfit environments, It... [MORE] |
liz |
|
Maybe they are trying to Protect them from the hostility that is obously there right now, i think it is... [MORE] |
liz |
|
What do you mean by "too harsh", The question is is she physically or mentally abusive? For my childs sake... [MORE] |
liz |
|
Grandparent and Third Party Visitation laws are about visitation, not custody. In the tragic situations where children are being neglected... [MORE] |
Jim Pistole |
|
What is not clear is as to why The parents of children, who themselves are children of the grandparents against... [MORE] |
Raj |
|
Rebecca, Are you bitter over the grandparents having time with their grandson at this time in their lives. Thew are... [MORE] |
abby |
Comment on Courts Gets Case Of Grandparental Visitation Rights
 |
