Grandparents Rights In Utah

In order for grandparents to pursue visitation, they have to file a petition in the juvenile court. However, it is not simply a matter of filing a petition and letting a judge decide that because you clearly love your grandchild, you are entitled to visitation.

Visitation rights of grandparents. a grandparent may file a petition for visitation rights in the juvenile court or district court where a divorce proceeding or other proceeding involving custody and visitation issues is pending.

Under NSW law, grandparents do not have implicit rights to have a relationship with their grandchild. However, like any other person who has a vested interest in the child's well-being, they can apply for a parenting order to try and secure visitation rights.

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.

Grandparents can use the Family Law Act to apply to court for orders that their grandchildren live with or spend time with them.Grandparents are specifically mentioned in the Family Law Act as being able to apply to a court for orders to do with their grandchildren.

If you are successful, you can apply for a Contact Order through the court to gain access to your grandchildren. If one, or both parents raise objections you are likely to have to attend a full hearing in which both parties can put forward their evidence.

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.