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Petitioning For Grandparent Visitation, State By State, Julie A. Braun
Petitioning For Grandparent Visitation, State By State, Julie A. Braun
Marquette Elder's Advisor
This article discusses varying legislation enacted by all fifty states that allow grandparents to petition for visitation with their grandchildren. While some states allow a grandparent to petition for visitation at any time, the majority of states require a disruption of an intact nuclear family before a grandparent may petition for visitation. The article identifies practice tips and discusses conditions or restrictions a court may impose on the visitation.
Grandparents' Right To Visitation, Victoria Roth
Grandparents' Right To Visitation, Victoria Roth
Marquette Elder's Advisor
Many lawyers, it seems steer clear of "grandparents' rights" by declining cases in which a court orders parents or stepparents to let a grandparent visit their grandchild. Is it because of lack of familiarity with such action, or are they uneasy with the concept of rights of grandparents?
Funding A Grandchild's College Education, Richard L. Kaplan
Funding A Grandchild's College Education, Richard L. Kaplan
Marquette Elder's Advisor
This article examines a number of college-funding mechanisms available to grandparents for their grandchildren. In light of the multifaceted considerations and often conflicting factors, the article shows which approaches are most appropriate given any set of circumstances
Grandparent Involvement In Child Welfare Intervention With Grandchildren, James W. Gladstone, Ralph A. Brown
Grandparent Involvement In Child Welfare Intervention With Grandchildren, James W. Gladstone, Ralph A. Brown
Marquette Elder's Advisor
This article discusses the increasing role grandparents are playing in kinship care, or foster care of their grandchildren. It examines the support grandparents provide to grandchildren who are receiving services from child welfare agencies, the circumstances surrounding grandparents' involvement with these agencies, and the relationships between grandparents and social workers.
Grandparent Kinship Caregivers, Anna Leonard
Grandparent Kinship Caregivers, Anna Leonard
Marquette Elder's Advisor
With more children having grandparents as their primary caregivers, the informal nature of this relationship in the past is being transformed into a more formalized structure as public financial aid is needed by either the children or their grandparents or both. Leonard explores the difficulties grandparents encounter and the financial ramifications and legal options, including kinship foster care, which must be considered.
Grandparents' Visitation Rights: A Survey Of Reciprocal Kinship-Ties Based In Historical Common Law And Legislative Policies, Jane E. Atkinson
Grandparents' Visitation Rights: A Survey Of Reciprocal Kinship-Ties Based In Historical Common Law And Legislative Policies, Jane E. Atkinson
Marquette Elder's Advisor
This article presents an in-depth exploration of the view that family ties and relationships should play an important role in determining grandparent-grandchild visitation rights, based on the important role of the extended family throughout recorded history. Atkinson postulates that post-Troxel visitation decisions should include increased consideration of the value to the child of grandparent visitation.
A Survey Of The Fifty States' Grandparent Visitation Statutes, Michael K. Goldberg
A Survey Of The Fifty States' Grandparent Visitation Statutes, Michael K. Goldberg
Marquette Elder's Advisor
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