Grandparents Rights

Grandparents only have the right to ask for visitation. They do not have a guaranteed right to visit and see their grandchildren. If you currently have a visitation court order, you have the right to have that order enforced.

First, you can petition the court to terminate the visitation rights. Second, in some states you can stop grandparent visitation by adopting the child if you are a step-parent. In order to properly proceed with terminating grandparent visitation, you should meet with a qualified family law attorney.

Yes, you can stop the paternal grandparents from seeing your children. You have every right as a parent to raise your children as you see fit.

There is no legal age for a child to refuse to go to the court-ordered visitation while the child remains a minor. In the state of Mississippi, a child remains a minor until the child turns 21. Games with visitation should be AVOIDED because as the...

The law does not give grandparents any automatic rights to see their grandchildren. So, in almost every case, parents can keep children away from grandparents if they choose to.Parents might try to prevent their children from seeing grandparents because the grandparents are trying to intervene.

Courts also must balance parent's prerogative to deny the grandparent's visitation against the positives of the grandparent having visitation. If a child is 14 or older, the judge will also consider the child's opinion on grandparent visitation.

The law does not give grandparents any automatic rights to see their grandchildren. So, in almost every case, parents can keep children away from grandparents if they choose to.Parents might try to prevent their children from seeing grandparents because the grandparents are trying to intervene.

The parents of the child in question have the legal right to deny any grandparent visitation rights.Third parties would include grandparents. However, some states allow grandparents to request visitation rights if the nuclear family has been disrupted in some way, such as in cases involving divorce.