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Grandparents visitation rights, NH?
My daughter's father is in jail for statutory rape. His mother wanted to see the child. After much thought i allowed. She assured me there would be no contact between child and "father". Child is 10 and been through enough with father being there when convenient for him. grandma coaxed child into talking with inmate father, saying she needed to hear his side of story. I feel very betrayed. I told grandmother that if there was one slip up visitations would stop. now she is threatening taking me to court for grandparents visitation rights. What are the laws. She doesn't see any wrong in her actions. Need some reassurance. HELP
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- Artemis AgroteraLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Grandparents can sometimes assert the visitation rights that their child would have had. It would depend on the laws of your specific state, though.
In this situation, I don't see Grandma having a very good chance at getting visitation because the best interests of the child always controls. If you can argue that Grandma's actions are harmful to the child, you won't have a problem.
Remove the statement "YOU feel very betrayed" from your vocabulary. This is NOT about you. Your "feelings" are utterly irrelevant. This would potentially be twisted and used by Grandma against you in a court battle. (The claim would be that your opposition isn't about what's best for your daughter. It's over you being bitter, angry, etc. about whatever they claim you are upset about.) Your focus and strategy needs to be on the child. Grandma violated your trust, but she betrayed your daughter by breaking her word and giving your daughter access to your ex - who is not someone who is good for your daughter to be in contact with.
I would suggest that you contact a family law attorney in your area for a free consultation. This way you can speak to someone who is familar with the specific laws in your state. Unfortunately, if you need to hire an attorney you should anticipate a retainer of $1,500 - unless you can qualify for low or no cost legal assistance from a program. But the free consultation is something you should absolutely take advantage of - just to get some peace of mind.
- 1 decade ago
Grandparents do have the right to petition courts for visitation rights but according to New Hampshire's Statutes Title XLIII Chapter 461A:13 there are many factors that are taken into consideration when the court is handing down a decision. Some of those factors include the child's relationship with the grandparents, the custodial parents relationship with the grandparents and the child's wishes among others.
- 1 decade ago
A grandparent has no visitation rights that are not expressly granted by court order. At this point, granny would have a very difficult time persuading a judge to grant her any visitation rights.
You must stand by what you know is right for the child. This liar...oops, excuse me...grandmother must not be allowed further contact with your child.
You do not have to give her another chance.
Stay strong.
Source(s): experience in child support enforcement and other family law cases
