What are limitations of a non-parent’s rights to file a suit?
A significant and primary issue is whether the grandparent has standing, or the right to bring the suit and thereafter assert the rights they may have. Usually, certain of circumstances must arise before a grandparent has the right to bring a lawsuit or intervene in a Suit Affecting The Parent-Child Relationship. If the grandparent does not have the right to bring suit, it may not matter that the child’s best interest would not be met. If a grandparent or other close relative has standing, then they may have the right to request conservatorship (primary custody or possessory custody, possession, (visitation), or access, (telephone, cards, letters, email, web based access). In Texas, there have traditionally been three ways for a grandparent to seek custody or visitation with a grandchild. Grandparents could file an original petition for custody, they could intervene in a pending lawsuit, or they could sue to request pure visitation. Under Texas’ unusual terminology (managing conservato
