Does grandparent rights exist in the state of Georgia?
With the passage and signing in April of a newly revised Georgia statute providing for grandparent visitation, all 50 states now attempt to provide some form of grandparent visitation with children of divorced parents.(1) Out of about two million marriages annually, about a million divorces will probably result. This fact, combined with the extended lives of an aging population, creates compelling demographic and emotional reasons for grandparents to assert rights to visitation. Several states, such as Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado and now Georgia, give grandparents standing to seek visitation when one or both parents are deceased or when the parents are divorced or separated, or it is in the best interest of the child.
