Grandparents Rights

When a couple separates, it is not just the parents and child that are impacted. Other extended family members such as grandparents or aunts and uncles could be impacted by losing contact with the grandchild, niece, nephew, cousin, etc. In New York, extended family members have a right to petition for visitation if there is

All states have some level of grandparents’ right, provided those rights are in the best interest of the child. The bottom line comes down to whether visitation is harmful or beneficial to a child. Past that, each state defines its own laws. Queens New York Grandparents In order to obtain rights, there must have been