What visitation rights do grandparents have in Minnesota?
We recommend Minnesota Family Law Practice Manual, 3d ed. as a place to start research on this and many other family law issues. Grandparents’ visitation is discussed in 6.13. The reason for starting in a book is that many answers require consulting both statutory and case law and it helps when an expert has collected and analyzed it for you. This book is available in the Law Library and most county law libraries. A directory of county law libraries is available at: http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/cllppubdir.rtf. The primary statute on the subject is Minnesota Statutes 257C.08. The statutes can be searched online through the index or by keyword at https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/pubs/. Case law can be searched online at http://search.state.mn.us/lawlibrary/. A statute number makes a good search term. However, this archive only goes back to May 1996. For comprehensive research you would need to visit the Law Library. LawHelpMN.org has a page with information on grandparents rights
