Q: The father of our grandson moved out of PA to Montana with our 2 year old grandson. He failed to notify court / mother
What rights as grandparents do we have, as he refuses to provide address in Montana where he is and will not allow us to make contact with our grandson via video, phone, etc. My daughter, the mother is currently in Prison and therefore was not given any notification. He does have custody of our grandson. He also moved to a location with a person he just met and her 3 - 4 kids. We have custody of our grandson's older brother and both of his sisters are also here in PA. What can we do to get visitation rights to our Grandson
A: Sit on in person with a local experienced family law attorney. There's not enough information here to discuss whether you may have standing to obtain custodial rights in this situation. Also, just because your daughter is in prison doesn't mean that he was relieved of the requirement to notify her that he intended to relocate. You need to move quickly. Your daughter's case, and yours if you have one, grow far more difficult once the children have been in Montana for six months.
A: Under the new Act 21 you have certain rights but moving to Montana verges on a hostile act to the extent it makes the youth inaccessable. Just because she's in prison doesn't mean she has no rights. As you have the other sibs, then you have a significant say but you need, as the other attorney said to get a consult with an attorney for the county out of which the custody etc were arranged.
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