Do grandparents have rights to see their grandchildren in Arkansas?
It is by law (the statute is below): You will have to petition the court to have reasonable visitation established and ordered. It is not a sure thing because it is set out in law, but argue that continued contact with the grand-parents in the children’s best interest and it usually works. Hope this helps. 9-13-103. Visitation rights of grandparents. (a) (1) Upon petition by a person properly before it, a chancery court of this state may grant grandparents and great-grandparents reasonable visitation rights with respect to their grandchild or grandchildren or great-grandchild or great-grandchildren at any time if: (A) The marital relationship between the parents of the child has been severed by death, divorce, or legal separation; or (B) The child is in the custody or under the guardianship of a person other than one (1) or both of his natural or adoptive parents; or (C) The child is illegitimate, and the person is a maternal grandparent of the illegitimate child; or (D) The child is i
