Should a bill be passed giving grandparents the right to visitation nationally?
By dvmurphy
@dvmurphy (326)
United States
February 19, 2008 9:29am CST
In Iowa the house passed a right to petition the courts for visitation to their grandchildren. This is not the case in every state. There is a national organization in Michigan that is trying to further the rights of grandparents and a new site in Iowa that you can go to at http://dragonladydvmurphy.tripod.com that informs the public about this debate between parents, grandparents and the courts. Personally as a grandparent I believe we are also important to our grandchildren.
1 response
@shannon76 (1232)
• United States
19 Feb 08
I don't think there should be such a law. I think it should be a case by case thing. Granting such a law will open the doors to so many things. What if a parent is protecting thier children by not letting the grandparents see them because of a bad situation? Then the grandparents can go and take them to court to make the parents let them see the children? That's not right. It should be up to the parents and what is in the best interest of the children.
