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[Hesperia]

Let’s say that an adult child becomes a different religion or no religion than their parents. And this person’s parents find out and proceed with harassing and making threats about hell and god killing them etc. etc. to scare said adult child into believing in their deity. And the adult child gets upset over the constant harassment and confrontations and tells the parents off and basically tells them to stop.

If this happens and the parents get mad at the child and no longer wish to have any relationship with their adult child, should the parents (grandparents) have a right to see the baby of their adult child? (the baby does not know them and would have to spend time with them without parents and without anyone they know)

[Petulant Pixie]

Uh...no. I'd imagine the grandparents could try to sue for visitation, but even still, I'd guess that a court would only grant visitation with the parents' supervision. Parents are the legal guardians, what they say goes, period.

[Jessica]

I could be wrong, but I don't think Grandparents have much (if any) right to their grandkids. The only exception would be if they were to accuse the parents of be unsuitable.

[mammaX3_MOD]

That's a weird situation. I would NOT let the visitations be unsupervised by myself. They could be turning the kids against the parents. A major power struggle, KWIM?

*QUOTE JESSICA:*"The only exception is if they were to accuse the parents of being unsuitabe."*QUOTE*

My bitchy Aunt brought my cousin to court and convinced the judge that she was an unfit mother and won custody of her daughter. Now the little girl (oops, she's probably 12 now, this happened when she was 4-5) lives with Grandma and her "partner". It's weird though, because the girl was the result of a teenage-out-of-wedlock pregnancy, but when my aunt started the whole legal process, my cousin was married to someone else by then and had a baby boy with her husband. Why my Aunt only wanted custody of the older girl and not the baby boy is strange. I mean an unfit mom is an unfit mom, right? Maybe Grandma was longing for a(nother) child of her own, and this was her way of skipping the adoption process. And maybe she wanted a kid who was past the diapers stage? Who knows. She was always a bitch. ALWAYS.

[snuffles]

Holy cow, mamax3! That is pretty weird!

Grand Parents are being recognized in the courts more and more and are many times given "grandparent" rights, like visitation and such. I see both sides of the coin. I love one grandmother so much it still hurts to know she's gone, and another that just passed away right before this Thanksgiving that I really didn't care about. So like anything else, some are good, and some are bad.

[Anthromomma]

This varies a bit from state to state, but in general, in order for a grandparent to sue for visitation and be successful, they have to
(1) have an established relationship with the child and (2) prove that continuing the relationship is in the best interest of the child. And the above only holds true if the parents of the child in question are divorced or one is deceased.