Grandparent Rights Advocates
Grandparent Rights Advocates
California Grandparent Rights
California Grandparent Rights
California Grandparent Rights Visitation
California Grandparent Rights Visitation
If you are a California grandparent seeking visitation or custody rights with your grandchildren, we are here to help.
If you are a California grandparent seeking visitation or custody rights with your grandchildren, we are here to help.
Under various sections of California law, a grandparent may petition the court for reasonable visitation with a grandchild. Conditions of reasonable California grandparent rights visitation are:
Under various sections of California law, a grandparent may petition the court for reasonable visitation with a grandchild. Conditions of reasonable California grandparent rights visitation are:
Discover if a pre-existing relationship between grandparent and grandchild that has an “engendered a bond.” This means that there is such a bond between grandparent and grandchild that visitation is in best interest of the grandchild(ren).
Discover if a pre-existing relationship between grandparent and grandchild that has an “engendered a bond.” This means that there is such a bond between grandparent and grandchild that visitation is in best interest of the grandchild(ren).
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Include and integrate the best interest of the child in having visitation with a grandparent with the rights of the parents to make decisions about their child.
Include and integrate the best interest of the child in having visitation with a grandparent with the rights of the parents to make decisions about their child.
In most California grandparent rights cases, grandparents cannot file for visitation rights while the grandchild’s parents are married.
In most California grandparent rights cases, grandparents cannot file for visitation rights while the grandchild’s parents are married.
However, there are exceptions:
However, there are exceptions:
If parents are living separately;
If parents are living separately;
A parent’s whereabouts are unknown (and have been for at least a month);
A parent’s whereabouts are unknown (and have been for at least a month);
One of the parents joins the grandparent’s petition for visitation;
One of the parents joins the grandparent’s petition for visitation;
The child does not live with either of his or her parents;
The child does not live with either of his or her parents;
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The grandchild has been adopted by a stepparent.
The grandchild has been adopted by a stepparent.
If a grandparent has visitation through California courts, and things change and none of these exceptions apply any more, one or both parents can ask the court to end grandparent’s visitation and the court must then end the grandparent’s visitation rights.
If a grandparent has visitation through California courts, and things change and none of these exceptions apply any more, one or both parents can ask the court to end grandparent’s visitation and the court must then end the grandparent’s visitation rights.