Grandparents Rights

[susieq]

Is anyone familiar with or can tell me where online I can obtain information on grandparents visitation rights for a minor child? We are in Texas. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[jyoung]

For starters, hit the little search button above and type in "grandparent visitation", there are alot of previous topics here.

 

[TxStep]

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/fa/fa015300.html#fa057.153.433


§ 153.433. Possession of and Access to Grandchild


The court shall order reasonable access to a grandchild by a grandparent if:


(1) at the time the relief is requested, at least one biological or adoptive parent of the child has not had that parent's parental rights terminated; and


(2) access is in the best interest of the child, and at least one of the following facts is present:


(A) the grandparent requesting access to the child is a parent of a parent of the child and that parent of the child has been incarcerated in jail or prison during the three-month period preceding the filing of the petition or has been found by a court to be incompetent or is dead;


(B) the parents of the child are divorced or have been living apart for the three-month period preceding the filing of the petition or a suit for the dissolution of the parents' marriage is pending;


(C) the child has been abused or neglected by a parent of the child;

(D) the child has been adjudicated to be a child in need of supervision or a delinquent child under Title 3;


(E) the grandparent requesting access to the child is the parent of a person whose parent-child relationship with the child has been terminated by court order; or


(F) the child has resided with the grandparent requesting access to the child for at least six months within the 24-month period preceding the filing of the petition.


Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.


Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1397, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.


§ 153.434. Limitation on Right to Request Access


A biological or adoptive grandparent may not request possession of or access to a grandchild if:


(1) each of the biological parents of the grandchild has:


(A) died;


(B) had the person's parental rights terminated; or


(C) executed an affidavit of waiver of interest in child or an affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights under Chapter 161 and the affidavit designates an authorized agency, licensed child-placing agency, or person other than the child's stepparent as the managing conservator of the child; and


(2) the grandchild has been adopted, or is the subject of a pending suit for adoption, by a person other than the child's stepparent.

 

[i8maliki]

If your grandchild is with his parents than you have no rights. the parents say who can and can't interact with their child and the court has no ruling over this. if the child is not in the parents custody than yes you can be granted visitation.