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If a parent loses the rights to their child, do grand parents lose too?

The grandparents are upstanding citizens, moral Christians that have done nothing but love their children and grand children. They tried to stop the drug use when the kid was young and then she lived in another state.

Does your state have grandparents rights? West Virginia doesn't.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I dont think ours does either. If grandparents want to see there grandchildren then they need to make it known. Trying to stop it when the kid was young isnt helping the situation after shes already had a couple of kids. Youd really just have to check around and find a really good lawyer

  • 1 decade ago

    Even with grandparents' rights, biological grandparents have no rights to children who are adopted. From a legal standpoint, there is no difference between parents who give up their parental rights willingly and those who have them taken away. So no, if the parental rights were legally terminated, you have no legal rights to the children. I'm really sorry about this situation, and hope there's a way that you can develop a relationship with the children's other parent and be able to stay in touch that way.

  • 1 decade ago

    I'm not sure if Grandparents have rights when it comes to the kids. The question is, who has the kids? If the state has them, you should be able to have them live with you. If the other parent has them, you have to ask for permission, but the last thing i'd do is make a huge legal fuss over it. What good does that do? You want to have a good friendly relationship with the kids remaining parent, and trying to force the dad to let you see the kids is just going to cause stress on their family. Not to mention, if you make him angry enough, he could tell the kids all kinds of thenig about you to scare them. It all depends on the details of the situation.

  • 1 decade ago

    I don't think children should default back to grandparents. They have gone through enough problems and the people intrusted to care for them should be highly qualified individuals.. not just those with blood relation.

    In many instances- the grandparents just allow the parents back into the lives of the children. I hope you understand what may be best for the children may not be what you want to hear.

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  • 1 decade ago

    It kind of depends on the situation, I think. In CA we do have grandparent's rights, where grandparents can sue for the right to be able to visit their grandchild. I divorced my ex, and had his rights dissolved (he failed to have anything to do with our daughter, never paid child support- hasn't seen her in 5 years (she is 8 now), and hasn't once checked on her since we divorced). His mother sees her every Friday, and has taken care of her on days when I can't get off work to stay home sick with her. I think it kind of depends on the relationship the person with custody has with the grandparents. We never made it official through the courts that they would be allowed access to my daughter, but we have a good relationship and decided it was in my daughter's best interests. My ex was an extreme alcoholic, who couldnt' change (even when I moved out with our daughter). At first, his mom wanted me to go back to him, but then she saw how happy I was without him, and changed her mind. She now knows that we are much better off without him, and loves spending time with her granddaughter. I don't think you can hold the grandparents in the same boat as the parent who flaked/abused drugs/whatever the situation may be.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Ohio does not give grandparents rights. Actually the US Supreme Court ruled a few years ago that grandparents do not have rights to their grandchildren.

  • 1 decade ago

    My state has grandparent's rights however in the case where the parents have lost all rights to the child and the child has been freed for adoption these rights do not apply.

  • 5 years ago

    i'm sorry you had the style of undesirable adventure growing to be up. After listening to on right here approximately some adoptees lives i've got self belief fortunate for my very very own adventure. i'm 36 and to at present time I refer to my mom a minimum of three or 4 cases a week, she's my terrific pal. until eventually now my father kicked the bucket we additionally enjoyed speaking generally. I make beneficial my young little ones have numerous visits with my mom too. i will see by ability of human beings's circumstances that i become very fortunate that i'm very like my adoptive mom and dad and however i become under no circumstances grateful to be accompanied growing to be up (adoption become continuously merely how my family contributors become made), because of the fact that analyzing adoptees thoughts on right here, i'm now very grateful that my mom and dad have been those to undertake me. So for me, my relationship replaced with my mom and dad as I have been given older by ability human beings starting to be greater effective than merely mom/dad and daughter, yet close buddies too.

  • 1 decade ago

    If you want to see them tell who ever is your guardian if the courts are involved tell them your old enough to know what you want so speak up. Yes here in Ontario we do have grandparents rights.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    i am in canada and grandparents do have right, as long as they were contributing too or enabling the behaviours that had the child removed in the first place.

    Its tough though.

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