Full question:
Our son has full custody of his daughter. She is five and he gained custody of her at age two. After he remarried, his new wife has not allowed us to have any contact with our granddaughter and our son goes along with what she says. We spent nearly $10,000 on behalf of my son in his custody contest with his ex-wife. Do we have any rights?
- Category: Divorce
- Subcategory: Grandparents Visitation
- Date:
- State: Alabama
Answer:
Visitation rights for grandparents.
At the discretion of the court, visitation privileges for grandparents of minor grandchildren shall be granted in any of the following situations:
1. When the parents of the child have filed for a dissolution of their marriage or when they are divorced. A grandparent may intervene in any dissolution action solely on the issue of visitation privileges or may file a petition to modify an original decree of dissolution to seek visitation rights when those rights have not been previously established by the court. A grandparent may file a motion for contempt when visitation rights granted by the court have been unreasonably denied.
2. When the parent related by blood to the grandparents is deceased and the surviving parent denies reasonable visitation privileges to the grandparents, or when the surviving parent relinquishes custody, or when the rights of the surviving parent are terminated voluntarily or by any order of the court. A grandparent may intervene in any legal action solely on the issue of visitation privileges or may file a petition to modify an original decree in any court when visitation privileges have not been previously established by the court.
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