Can relatives get visitation rights?
Reasonable visitation privileges may be granted to a grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling of any minor child if (a) the child’s parents are not currently living together on a permanent or an indefinite basis, or one of the parents has been absent from the marital home for more than one month with whereabouts unknown, or one of the parents is deceased; and (b) if the court determines that it is in the best interests and welfare of the child. When one parent is deceased, the surviving parent may not interfere with the visitation rights of the grandparents. Other relatives, such as aunts, uncles and cousins, do not have visitations rights, even where the child has lived with them or been very close to them.
