Grandparents Visitation Rights in Ohio |
Wednesday, 17 December 2008 02:27 |
Ohio courts may grant visitation rights to a grandparent or grandparents of a minor child in or after a divorce or custody proceedings, so long as the grandparents have an interest in the welfare of the child and such visitation is in the best interests of the child. Courts may also grant grandparents visitation rights where a parent is deceased or the mother of the child was unmarried when the child was born. Ohio has created statutory guidelines for determining whether a court should award grandparent visitation rights. A skilled and capable attorney can assist you with understanding the area of grandparent visitation rights in Ohio. If you desire to find out whether you should petition a court for grandparent(s) visitation rights, the divorce lawyers and family law attorneys at the Law Offices of Jack L. Moser, Jr., can aggressively and competently help you reach your goals.
How Ohio Courts Generally Grant Grandparent Visitation Ohio now authorizes such grandparent rights to visitation by statutes. The provisions regarding grandparent rights are contained in several different statutes that concern children. So long as a court believes it is the best interests of the child, a court may award grandparent visitation when (1) married parents separate or terminate their marriage; (2) a parent of the child has deceased; or (3) the child has been born to an unmarried mother. If you desire to petition a court for grandparent(s) visitation rights, our divorce lawyers and family law attorneys at the Law Offices of Jack L. Moser, Jr., can aggressively and competently help you reach your goals.
Factors a Court Must Consider Before a court can award or deny grandparent visitation rights, the court must consider any agreement made by the parties under a court ordered mediation plan, along with the following statutory factors:
If the court denies a motion for grandparent’s visitation rights, the grandparent should not lose hope. A skilled and capable divorce lawyer and family law attorney can assist the grandparent in petitioning the court to reconsider or file an appeal. In such an event, our divorce lawyers and family law attorneys at the Law Offices of Jack L. Moser, Jr., can aggressively and competently help you fight to obtain grandparent’s visitation rights in Ohio.
Post-Decree Enforcement of Grandparent Rights In the event that the grandparent rights have been established by court order and a party parent fails to comply or interferes with the court ordered visitation, the grandparent may bring an action in contempt for failure to comply or interfering with the court order. In such instance, a court may find a party guilty in contempt and impose a fine, a term of imprisonment, or both. The court must also require the guilty party in contempt to pay all court costs and reasonable attorney’s fees for bringing the motion in contempt. A court may also award compensatory visitation so long as such visitation is in the best interests of the child. |
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