Q: Can grandparents who raised a now 7 yr old child for the first five years of its life be refused visitation rites?
Mother and father divorced, father and child lived with fathers parents for 5 yrs. Mother out of the child's life for those 5 yrs. Mother remarries a female active duty military person. Gains custody of the child, grandparents reduced to one supervised one hour visit monthly father signed a paper drawn by mothers legal advisor. Grandparents are heartbroken.
A: The grandparents need to consult in person with an experienced family law attorney in the area where the custody order was entered. It sounds like there are quite a few facts in this matter which have not been set forth in your post and, frankly, shoudn't be posted online. However, it does seem odd that the grandparents would only have one hour of supervised visitation monthly. Talk to an attorney in person to discuss the situation in detail.
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