Grandparent rights in oregon?
My stepdaughters mom has lost her visitation rights and the grandma wants to see my stepdaughter for visitation and over night visits but she has tried to get my stepdaughter to see her mom after the court papers state she is not to see her at all on more then one occasion, the grandma keeps threatening saying she is going to take us to court. We let her talk on the phone to her grandchild and when we go to the town she lives in we let her have supervised lunches or dinners with us and my stepdaughter but she is not to have alone time with her to assure she wont let her see her mom.
I have tried to find out information myself but keep running into dead ends.
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I remember reading a summary of a custody case where grandparents who had been regularly involved with their grandchild were granted visitation rights by the court. If your stepdaughter was in this situation, the grandparents could ask the court to be granted visitation rights, but they would have to prove they had regular visits and that you are preventing them from having that now (which you aren't).
It sounds like there was some serious problem with the child mother, or the court would never take all visitation with the mother away. That being the case, the grandparents may never believe their daughter is a danger to the child and may well still allow the child to see her mother without your permission or knowledge.
My take is you should do what's best for the child, not what's best for you. I think it is important for the child to know and love both parents and their families - including the grandparents. So I would continue what you are doing - let the child see the grandparents as you are. If they have a problem with this, they need to have the courts change the visitation. To my knowledge, they aren't entitled to more until they have proved it to a judge. And do keep close track of when and how often you let the child visit. If they do take yo to court, that will be useful.
I am not a lawyer and am not giving you legal advise, only my opinion and observations.
grandparents rights are a tough issue. search http://family.findlaw.com/child-custody/...
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simple, Do whats right for the child and document everything, even the supervised visits OR get the dirt on the grandparent.
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