Q: I am being kept away from my grandchildren by their parents. Is this legal?
My son is upset with me about a personal issue that my grandson talked to me about. I felt it was necessary to share the information with his Dad. I was concerned about my grandson's suicidal ideations. I haven't been allowed to see him or his two brothers now for over two years. Do I have any legal rights to see my grandsons?
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A: Grandparent rights are a very sensitive issue, both practically and legally. Oklahoma has a comprehensive grandparent rights statute. A grandparent seeking visitation rights must overcome a number of hurdles, including showing parental unfitness or that the child in question would suffer harm or potential harm without the requested grandparent visitation. On top of that, grandparent must also show that the intact nuclear family of the child has been disrupted in some way such as by divorce or death of the grandparent's child who is the child's parent. The grandparent most prove that they had a preexisting relationship with the minor child that pre-dated the disruption of the nuclear family. Grandparent rights cases are complex and require the assistance of skilled, experienced legal counsel.
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