To accommodate all parties' interests, particularly the children's, regarding grandparent rights and in light of our State's Family Court practices... [MORE]
Kevin
Sep 10, 2008 13:58
I hope the courts provide clarity regarding the weight fit parent's views should be afforded and who has the burden... [MORE]
Kevin
Sep 8, 2008 09:52
My own mother took me to court for custody because I was in an accident and could barely walk. You... [MORE]
Erica
Feb 19, 2008 05:23
The law deffinalty needs defined. I am a firm believer in family involvement. However, my own GPV case is a... [MORE]
klynch
Feb 7, 2008 12:47
Have you thought of adoption. The law states that the grandparents rights automatically terminate in the event of an adoption.... [MORE]
Erica
Feb 19, 2008 05:43
only some states will turminate a visitation if an adoption takes place. However the parents of the decseaded parent can... [MORE]
klynch
Mar 15, 2008 00:10
Advocate:
1. One that argues for a cause; a supporter or defender: an advocate of civil rights.
2. One that pleads... [MORE]
Jennifer
Jan 20, 2008 12:50
We aren't mad at your particular situation. We are mad at the Grandparents who are trying to control their adult... [MORE]
Erica
Feb 21, 2008 13:23
If mothers and fathers were more responsble today, maybe grandparents would not need to intervene. Bottom line is concern about... [MORE]
tony
Dec 25, 2007 17:54
I couldn't agree with you more Tony! My son and daughter in law prefer to buy themselves expensive clothing, New... [MORE]
Lucy
Dec 26, 2007 10:44
If what you're saying is true, how bout you call DCFS? [MORE]
Erica
Feb 21, 2008 13:24
I believe that most people feel that when a child is in danger someone needs to step on on the... [MORE]
Krista
Mar 10, 2008 23:07
I absolutely agree that it's a control issue. My son is 3 and his dad passed away last summer, now... [MORE]
Kellie
Mar 13, 2008 11:40
Mandy, Your in laws can not take your child if you are a fit mom, You need to report them... [MORE]
lucy
Dec 23, 2007 18:03
We went to court in October. Come to find out my parents don't just want visitation anymore, they are sueing... [MORE]
Brandie
Nov 30, 2007 16:36
When my nephew was a year old, my sister and her husband divorced. She started abusing alcohol and drugs and... [MORE]
Katie
Sep 8, 2007 00:52
Recently our son decided to stray. While we tried to be supportive, we cannot "support" this kind of behavior. We... [MORE]
grandparent
Sep 8, 2007 08:20
You have no right to sue for visitation unless you can prove that the childrens parent(s) are unstable. If your... [MORE]
susan
Oct 12, 2007 18:17
I've wrote before.. but i want to say... when the parents are not "fit" they are abusive or drug/alcohol addidicts.... [MORE]
Michelle
Dec 3, 2007 15:17
Maybe you should do some research on grandparents rights, It all depends on the circumstances, Do more research/ [MORE]
Lucy
Dec 13, 2007 20:11
my in-laws have kept my child away from me twice. My husband and I are going through a divorce. He... [MORE]
mandi
Dec 23, 2007 05:00
My daughter is a drug addict with a 3 year old son. She went to rehab and was doing very... [MORE]
Cindy
Jan 23, 2008 19:14
My ex- wife and her parenents have taken me to court for visitation. How do I stop it?
1st My ex... [MORE]
Help
Jan 26, 2008 14:01
It is not an issue of rights of parents or grandparents alone. It is also a question of the rights... [MORE]
raj
Mar 11, 2008 20:52
My parents are taking me to court for Grandparent visitations. They were seeing my son every other weekend when my... [MORE]
Brandie
Jun 28, 2007 19:34
my daughter was taken by my motherinlaw 17 years ago. she told lies on me and her father to get... [MORE]
deborah
Sep 5, 2007 13:41
My fiance' and I have been together just over 2 years now. He has a 9 year old daughter, I... [MORE]
Brandee
Sep 10, 2007 19:57
Hi,
Your story is my story.... We went threw the same thing... My mom and dad took me to court. They... [MORE]
Michelle
Nov 30, 2007 15:46
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
Dec 25, 2007 13:09
A young mother suddenly passes away from illness. Fathers who have not been involved in their childrens lives, over due... [MORE]
LV4TCSJT
Jun 16, 2007 00:26
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
Jun 9, 2007 22:59
this is about grandparents who sue because they can! Or sue because they just dont like the parent and want... [MORE]
kel
Aug 31, 2007 12:48
This week my parents filed for cutody of my child. My husband and I separated about 16 months ago and... [MORE]
Terica
Nov 7, 2007 13:00
So you're a grandparent that had to step up due to a lousy daughter? How about instead of bashing your... [MORE]
Erica
Feb 19, 2008 05:48
New Jersey and Maryland Supreme Courts got it right. They ruled in favor of the parent's fundamental right to decide... [MORE]
Anonymous
Jan 14, 2007 01:09
I just got back from court today and have been fishing around the internet . Our next court day is... [MORE]
larry
Aug 28, 2007 13:16
i feel your pain. we are a low in come family making it on our own . my parents filed... [MORE]
Krystal
Nov 12, 2007 04:16
In rulings just this week both the Maryland Supreme Court and the New Jersey Supreme Courts have found for parents... [MORE]
K. Bearden
Jan 12, 2007 21:09
opposed to this legislation are those that have lost their third party visitation cases. Correct Lisa, Karen and Andrea? [MORE]
Jack
Jan 8, 2007 21:25
Grandparents who sue for visitation obviously are opposed to allowing their adult child the same right they enjoyed raising their... [MORE]
Jill
Jan 9, 2007 00:26
Taking healthy families to court, at tremendous expense to the family, further degrading them with psychological evaluations, violating their privacy... [MORE]
K. Bearden
Jan 9, 2007 08:40
To Jack-
Who better to advocate for how wrong this kind of legislation is than those who have had their family... [MORE]
K. Bearden
Jan 9, 2007 19:53
When there is an issue of parents using drugs and alcohol and the children not getting proper care. Grandparents intervention... [MORE]
Margarita Ladage-Johnson
Jan 12, 2007 11:35
Perhaps the courts could spend a lot more time and effort helping those abused and neglected children if our tax... [MORE]
K. Bearden
Jan 12, 2007 20:00
Drugs, alcohol abuse, and child abuse are serious problems best addressed by custody suits. In these cases a fit grandparent... [MORE]
Olivia
Jan 14, 2007 02:25
Have you ever had to deal with a drug addicted parent abandonding a 2 month old baby? I have. I... [MORE]
GerTie
Jun 9, 2007 23:34
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
Jun 21, 2007 03:11
Both of my granddaughter's parents are drug addicts. One is a career criminal, now going back (again) for 3 years.... [MORE]
Kathleen Ambrose
Nov 25, 2007 14:08
I totally agree about letting our children raise their own kids (our grandkids) without grandparents interfering but what happens when... [MORE]
Lucy
Dec 12, 2007 16:30
Grandparents controlling their children? What planet are you on? I seen more parents controlling their children grandparents! Believe me I... [MORE]
Lucy
Dec 13, 2007 19:30
Usually on this day I would of been all excited about tomorrow *Christmas eve* I would had all my presents... [MORE]
Lucy
Dec 23, 2007 10:57
Happy new year everyone! Well, Christmas and 2007 has past and still haven't been able to see my grandkids, I'm... [MORE]
Lucy
Jan 3, 2008 12:31
Visitation by grandparents in neither a right nor a previlege. It is a duty to ensure that their children and... [MORE]
Raj
Mar 11, 2008 21:45
This is surreal. Whoever thought this stuff up was nuts. On what legal basis are these grandparents suing fit parents?... [MORE]
Andy
Jan 8, 2007 01:49
I completely agree with your comment.
This law completely infringes on the rights of the parents and does nothing but put... [MORE]
I am just so sickened by this law and what it is doing to me and my boys! lets get... [MORE]
mom
Sep 11, 2007 14:00
The most recent update of the law was effective Jan. of 2007. My own mother has taken me to court... [MORE]
Erica
Feb 19, 2008 05:40
Legal basis is always dependent on needs of time, and is decided by the society. Today, with the exploding divorce... [MORE]
Raj
Mar 11, 2008 22:32
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
Mar 13, 2008 19:43
I'm a grandpatent - and - right; laws need to protect the children. That is why all laws giving court... [MORE]
Donna
Jan 5, 2007 15:37
I am responding in general to all the comments made on this site. You parents need to get a grip.... [MORE]
Pogie
Jun 22, 2007 19:04
My soon to be ex-husbands parents have kept our child from seeing me. They flat out lie to me about... [MORE]
mandi
Dec 23, 2007 05:25
I would like to express my concern regarding court ordered Grandparent Visitation and New York Domestic Relations Law 72.... [MORE]
Mom2-3
Jan 5, 2007 15:09
I can't believe what I am reading. My husband and I spent over a year fighting off abusive grandparents, being... [MORE]
Renee
Mar 22, 2007 19:21
I'm in court right now trying to fight off my ex-mother in law to have any visitation with my daughter... [MORE]
Dee
Apr 12, 2007 14:30
I respect the wishes of those parents who don't wish their children to have any contact with their grandparents. In... [MORE]
zenaida ortiz
May 7, 2007 16:18
I am just so angry and upset! my life has been hell! I am broke and we have not even... [MORE]
mom
Sep 11, 2007 14:03
I think you are only telling your side of the story, I'm sure there was a reason why your children... [MORE]
Lucy
Dec 15, 2007 12:03
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
Dec 29, 2007 14:15
i just read this article because i was recently served with order to show cause documents by my husband's parents... [MORE]
jaime
Jan 28, 2008 21:29
I've been divorced for 4 years, my ex and I share custody of our 3 children.. I know that he... [MORE]
Jodi
Feb 9, 2008 09:00
I would do everything possible to wait until they get out of school before moving. If you agree to their... [MORE]
Erica
Feb 21, 2008 13:18
VIctim of Domestic violence, my daughter was assaulted at age 3 by her biological father, I have been in family... [MORE]
Kathy
Mar 21, 2008 13:54
"Under the provision of the state's Domestic Relations Law, grandparents usually are allowed to petition for visitation only when one... [MORE]
Polly
Jan 5, 2007 10:36
Grandparents have endangered their grandson by hiding son's drug addiction and now want visitation when always solidly criticizing mother (who,... [MORE]
Nancy
Nov 23, 2007 21:39
My situation is the same as this artical! Is there a way that I can divorce my parents to keep... [MORE]
Faith
Mar 20, 2008 21:03
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
Jan 5, 2007 10:27
There are only 5 states that have adopted a harm standard as a prerequisite for granting third party visitation. [MORE]
Jack
Jan 8, 2007 21:09
[w/response by The New York Sun Editors]There seems to be much confusion about the true nature of the Grandparent Visitation laws. If so many grandparents are... [MORE]
Mary
Jan 5, 2007 04:21
How about us parents stick together and DO SOMETHING!I am going through this process with a grandmother who wasn't even... [MORE]
Kel
Aug 30, 2007 20:51
I have to protect my kids from their grandparents. The grandparents raise two of my husbands nieces and they refuse... [MORE]
Tammi
Jan 26, 2008 11:59
[w/response by The New York Sun Editors]Grandparent visitation laws only allow visitation. They are not meant to "protect" children from drug-using, abusive parents. All states have... [MORE]
Lisa S
Jan 4, 2007 23:49
should consider the trauma inflicted upon them when selfish parents irresponsibly decide to terminate a cherished relationship. [MORE]
Jack
Jan 8, 2007 21:16
My comments illustrate what children and parents must go through when they are sued because a grandparent cannot live with... [MORE]
Parents who truly care for their children and grandchildren don't traumatize and suck a family dry using the court system... [MORE]
K. Bearden
Jan 9, 2007 20:05
My own parents took me to court for visitation of my children 5 years after i got divorced. They were... [MORE]
Michelle
Nov 30, 2007 15:31
[w/response by The New York Sun Editors]Grandparent visitation ONLY affects FIT parents.
When a parenta is unfit then grandparent visitation will NOT help the child and there... [MORE]
Dauger
Jan 4, 2007 22:20
My grandson is the victim of grandparent's rights. Yes, I said a victim. This is not about a cooking baking... [MORE]
Deborah Custer
Jan 5, 2007 14:23
when the decision to terminate the grandparent relationship is purely motivated by the parent's self-serving interests, interests that run contrary... [MORE]
Jack
Jan 9, 2007 14:47
Jack you have seem to have nominated yourself guro of a child's best interest! Not to mention having the need... [MORE]
John
Jan 9, 2007 23:48
I live in NJ and was sued by my mother for GPV 2.5 yrs ago. After spending $30K, the NJ... [MORE]
Valerie
Jan 12, 2007 09:02
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
Apr 11, 2007 12:24
It's about time someone tell the truth about grandparent bashing. There seems to be a trend whether the parents are... [MORE]
CAROLENA
Apr 14, 2007 22:00
Grandparent visitation is a nasty thing when it's used against fit parents. I am a stepmother, although my child is... [MORE]
Keri
Jun 6, 2007 14:31
I have a 4 yr old grandaughter who has lived in my house for three years and now my daughter... [MORE]
Robin
Jul 17, 2007 10:50
I am a single mom raising 2 children. My mother and I have never had a good relationship. She watched... [MORE]
Speer
Aug 31, 2007 16:18
[w/response by The New York Sun Editors]No Grandparent in their right mind would dream of interfering this way. When you do the math what is left... [MORE]
Jennifer
Jan 4, 2007 22:19
[w/response by The New York Sun Editors]The ultimate right to children lies with their parents. That is the way it is and the way it should... [MORE]
candace
Jan 4, 2007 18:06
I am a child advocate and am working with Legislation to Ensure all Grandchildren get to visit and know the... [MORE]
Brenda
Jan 4, 2007 11:59
This would be the adult thing to do if the Grandparent knew their place in the family unit. When the... [MORE]
Tara
Jan 5, 2007 15:21
So what you are advocating is placing the child in the middle of what is a hostile situation? Not all... [MORE]
K. Bearden
Jan 9, 2007 20:17
I had been in my grandchilds live up until last May of this year. I had tried to be helpful... [MORE]
busywoman
Oct 20, 2007 03:00
I couldn't agree with you more, So wrong for parents to use their kids as weapons, The only time they... [MORE]
Lucy
Dec 13, 2007 22:42
Brenda,
You are on the right track. Grandparents, in the current context of exploding divorce rates, youth violence, premature sex and... [MORE]
Raj
Mar 11, 2008 23:46
The courts are allowing the estranged parent of grandchild to more or less BRIBE the Grandparents. They are using children... [MORE]
CLAUD
Jan 3, 2007 23:16
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
Jan 5, 2007 19:07
Claud: As a victim of a vindictive mentally ill estranged father in law who has come after my children after... [MORE]
Annie
Jan 9, 2007 00:27
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
Jan 9, 2007 20:02
we are pursuing our wishes to see our the 6 and 4 yr. old grandkids through the courts as I... [MORE]
pam
Nov 16, 2007 03:15
Grandparent Visitation seems to be coming a "hot topic". I have been working on this issue through legislation. What seems... [MORE]
Andrea K.
Jan 3, 2007 22:44
I disagree with the AG's commentary that our statute is constitutional because it can be "construed" to be giving parents... [MORE]
A poster wrote that, "it is all about respect for the parent". To a large degree the poster is correct.... [MORE]
Mary
Jan 10, 2007 12:30
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
Jan 12, 2007 09:25
The fact of the matter is that, to begin with, divorce does not enrich a child's life. [MORE]
Antoninus
Feb 15, 2007 23:30
A parent in the good old U.S. of A. no longer has rights to their children. This is true due... [MORE]
Warrior
Mar 16, 2007 13:45
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
Jan 25, 2008 20:26
my girlfriend and i just had a little boy on jan. 31. there is a chance that he isn't biologically... [MORE]
daryl
Mar 4, 2008 16:52
I also filed for visitation after reporting a daughter who had abused drugs and alcohol for 26 years. The courts... [MORE]
margarita
Jan 3, 2007 15:26
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
Jan 5, 2007 11:15
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
Jan 9, 2007 20:23
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
Jan 12, 2007 09:36
The nuclear family is destroyed once the divorce occurs and one of the parents (usually the father) is excluded from... [MORE]
Antoninus
Feb 15, 2007 23:41
How horrible!!! Some grandparents are not worthy of seeing their grandchildren!!! We are in the middle of a similar situation... [MORE]
Pam
May 14, 2007 18:14
How can we stop this? i just got took to court by my boys paternal grandparents because their son my... [MORE]
Rebecca S
Jun 14, 2007 09:00
I have 5 beautiful grandchildren. I am not allowed at this time to see 3 of them due to my... [MORE]
Sharon
Sep 6, 2007 07:35
There are several comments about irresponsible parents doing drugs and/or dropping their kids off on grandma's doorsterp. Clearly irresponsible. Clearly... [MORE]
Olivia
Sep 27, 2007 12:27
I have read your essay and I can tell you have let your bitterness blind you and perhaps you are... [MORE]
Beverly
Nov 15, 2007 19:55
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
Nov 16, 2007 03:37
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
Jan 16, 2008 22:41
There are some comments that i have read about other laws protecting children who actually are in unfit environments, It... [MORE]
liz
Feb 4, 2008 19:45
There are some comments that i have read about other laws protecting children who actually are in unfit environments, It... [MORE]
liz
Feb 4, 2008 20:45
Maybe they are trying to Protect them from the hostility that is obously there right now, i think it is... [MORE]
liz
Feb 4, 2008 21:25
What do you mean by "too harsh", The question is is she physically or mentally abusive? For my childs sake... [MORE]
liz
Feb 4, 2008 23:10
Grandparent and Third Party Visitation laws are about visitation, not custody. In the tragic situations where children are being neglected... [MORE]
Jim Pistole
Feb 24, 2008 12:38
What is not clear is as to why The parents of children, who themselves are children of the grandparents against... [MORE]
Raj
Mar 12, 2008 00:59
Rebecca, Are you bitter over the grandparents having time with their grandson at this time in their lives. Thew are... [MORE]
