Grandparents can play an important role in the lives of their grandchildren. Undoubtedly, many children have deep and inseparable bonds with their grandparents. When parents are married, or together, ...

A ruling by the state’s highest court yesterday will give a boost to grandparents seeking court orders allowing them to visit their grandchildren over parental objections. State courts across the ...

Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - Legal Corner answers viewers’ civil legal questions. QUESTION: I am a grandparent. My grandchild’s parents agreed to let the other grandparents adopt my grandchild. Since ...

CHICAGO -- On the heels of a U.S. Supreme Court decision making it harder for grandparents to visit their grandchildren, the Illinois Supreme Court Thursday ruled that parents can deny grandparents ...

Rep. Regina English hasn’t seen two of her grandchildren in over six years. English, D-Colorado Springs, said these two of her 10 grandchildren live in Colorado, only a drive away, but a custody ...

To the editor:Though it is undoubtedly true that the rights of parents in a grandparents-visitation dispute are important, it is also true that they are not the only people whose rights and desires ...

North Carolina law provides that a trial court may include in a custody order terms providing visitation rights for a grandparent as the court, in its discretion, deems appropriate. The practical ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court has overturned a law allowing grandparents to seek visitation rights after finding that it unconstitutionally violates the “fundamental right to parent.” In ...

In 1984, the Florida Legislature passed a statute granting grandparents visitation rights under limited circumstances. Those circumstances include when the marriage of the parents of the child has ...

The Court of Appeals of Virginia has upheld a circuit court holding that found the state’s nonparent visitation statute, Va. Code § 20-124.2(B2), unconstitutional. The defendants – the parents of the ...