Can grandparents get partial custody or visitation?
Grandparents are able to file a petition for partial custody or visitation. They may petition when a parent of the child has died, where the parents of the child have been separated for 6 moths or more or when divorce proceedings have commenced, or when the child has lived with the grandparents for 12 months or more and subsequently removed from the home by his or her parents. Grandparents may also seek primary physical custody of the grandchild under very limited circumstances.
Related Questions
- Distinct from partial custody or visitation can a grandparent petition for the right to have primary physical or legal custody of a child?
- I would prefer that the other parent of my child(ren) have no partial custody or visitation with my child(ren). What are the chances?
- What is the difference between custody, partial custody and visitation?
