Divorce Advice for Men | Fathers Rights Divorce | Child Custody

Question:

What factors determine if a divorced parent is allowed to have their child spend time with grandparents, relatives, friends, etc.?

Question:

My wife has a child from a previous relationship that I have raised though I am not the biological father, and the child's grandparents are now threatening to modify custody.

Her biological father has largely been out of the picture but now is requesting more parenting time and having the child stay the night with him at the home he shares with his parents.

The father's grandparents are threatening to sue for custody of the child if we do not allow the biological father to have increased visitation.

Can the grandparents attempt to get custody of the child?

Question:

Our divorce agreement has a right of first refusal clause. I gave proper notice to my ex-wife of my two weeks of uninterrupted summer vacation parenting time.

I also told her during the vacation that our children will be visiting their grandparents for a weekend without me.

I then received a letter threatening contempt because she claims she should have right of first refusal to have our children during that weekend when they are with my parents and not with me.

Is she correct? Who would be responsible for the cost of flying the kids home for a weekend during my scheduled vacation time? She works weekends and won't even be there for most of the day anyway.

Question:

We are grandparents who helped raise our granddaughter for many years before it was revealed that our son was not her biological father.

We have now been shut out of our granddaughter's life because her family says since we are not the biological grandparents we can no longer see her.

Is there any legal recourse we have to see our granddaughter who we helped raise?

By Molly Murphy

Attorney, Cordell & Cordell

In recent years, the issue of whether a grandparent has the right to visitation with a grandchild has become more prevalent. Sadly, when parents decide to get divorced the parents of the non-custodial parent often end up cut off from their grandchildren.