Children's Bill of rights

[ditzymiss]

He feels he "has" to live with her and I've gone along with alot to make his life "peaceful", but this is where I draw the line. He is violating a court order that allowed me visitation time, so I just have to continue to go thru the court and follow procedure.

 

[ditzymiss]

My son is responsible for his actions, not me, not his wife. And again your answer was rude and sarcastic

 

[stealth2]

Yeah well... apples tend not to fall far from the trees that grew them...

 

[Proserpina]

In the state of New Jersey, grandparents DO have visitation rights when they have been the caretaker.

No, grandparents have the right to SUE for visitation.

They do NOT have inherent rights to visitation - even if they've acted as primary caretaker. They STILL have to go to court.

There IS a difference and I'd rather not have other readers be under the wrong impression.

 

[ditzymiss]

In the eyes of the law if a grandparent has been a caretaker in the state of NJ, they have visitation rights and yes you have to go to court to have those rights enforced if the parents are not letting you see the children.

(Yeah well... apples tend not to fall far from the trees that grew them...), this was a rude and unnecessary remark. I came on here for answers and have gotten "some" informative replies. Thanks to those who were mature enough to do so

 

[LdiJ]

In the eyes of the law if a grandparent has been a caretaker in the state of NJ, they have visitation rights and yes you have to go to court to have those rights enforced if the parents are not letting you see the children.

(Yeah well... apples tend not to fall far from the trees that grew them...), this was a rude and unnecessary remark. I came on here for answers and have gotten "some" informative replies. Thanks to those who were mature enough to do so

That is incorrect. The law does not state that grandparents have visitation rights in any context. What the law states is that grandparents have standing, in certain circumstances, to petition the courts for visitation rights. Standing to petition the courts for visitation rights is NOT a guarantee that you will be awarded visitation rights. In fact, case law in NJ is not particularly favorable to grandparents.