Q: Is there Legal action I can take to prevent my father from stopping me from seeing my grandmother?
I have a video of him starting an argument with me and intimidating her while he was drunk the last time I had visited her. She says that anytime I come over in the past he treats her horrible. He is very abusive and aggressive towards her. She is handicapped in a wheelchair and had her leg amputated. The only time I can see her is if I go to her church and visit her at church. He has caused a immense division in our family, much so that nobody will go and see her unless he is gone for the day including holidays. She is 84 years old and in poor health she may not have much longer to spend with her family including me. I just wanna be able to visit my grandmother while I can. He has no legal right to stop me. However his poor treatment towards her when I do has prevented me from visiting her. He has been physically abusive to me, my sister and, step siblings, his brothers and his 8 ex-wives.
A: If he is being abusive to your grandmother, you can make a report to adult protective services. If she is dependent upon him, there will need to be other family members willing to step up and do the things she has been counting on him to do.
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