The relationship between grandparents and grandchildren should be a special one. Oftentimes, grandparents provide stability and financial support in the lives of children that parents sadly do not always offer. Yet a grandparents' role in a child's life is not always...
Grandparents’ Rights
Grandparents’ Rights
Another state adopts grandparents’ rights bill
Florida's neighboring state of Georgia has recently passed a house bill that would allow grandparents to petition for the court ordered rights of grandparents to be allowed to visit their grandchildren. This bill is similar to legislation proposed or passed on other...
Grandparent visitation legislation being passed
Fort Lauderdale area readers interested in the topic of grandparent's rights may be interested in what has recently occurred in the Connecticut House of Representatives. There the House unanimously passed a grandparent visitation rights bill. Under this new law,...
Grandparents’ visitation often best for the child
Florida grand parents may be finding themselves on the outside when it comes to involvement in their grand children's lives. Often the matter involves one of the in-laws denying the grand parent visitation rights, but if both parents mutually decide to not allow...
Debate over grandparents’ visitation rights
In Florida's neighboring state of Georgia, a unanimous House of Representatives approved legislation that would allow for family court judges to grant visitation rights to grandparents. This bill is now being sent over to the Georgia State Senate for approval. If...