{"id":1740,"date":"2009-12-28T02:12:47","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T09:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.morrisonandnicholson.com\/ohiolawblog\/?p=485"},"modified":"2009-12-28T02:12:47","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T09:12:47","slug":"do-grandparents-have-the-right-to-visit-thier-grandchildren-in-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/henryclarke.co\/law-office\/do-grandparents-have-the-right-to-visit-thier-grandchildren-in-ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Grandparents Have the right to visit their grandchildren in Ohio?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GrandparentGrandkids\"Under current Ohio law, grandparents are permitted to petition the court for visitation rights with respect to their grandchildren.\u00a0 One would think that such a petition would not be necessary, but, unfortunately, more than we would like to think grandparents are prevented from seeing thier grandchildren.\u00a0 Quite frequently, grandparents turn to the courts in order to have the opportunity to spend time with their grandchildren. This often comes up as a problem when a couple divorces and whomever is chosen as the residential parent does not want his or her former in-laws to visit the children.\u00a0 Therefore, grandparents need to be aware that if the Court finds that it is in the child’s best interest to have visitation with his or her grandparents, they do have legal recourse. However, it must be noted that the Court is required to give some special weight to the wishes of the parents as to whether the grandparents are granted the right to certain visitation with the children.<\/p>\n

This does not mean that the parents wishes control the Court’s decision, but that if the parents feel strongly against visitation, the court must consider that fact.\u00a0 But even if the residential parent does not want to allow the visitation, the Court can , and often does, grant the visitation if it is in the best interest of the child.\u00a0 There are specific stautory provisions that cover the visitation rights of grandparents in Ohio, so you should seek the advice of counsel to determine if your case is worth pursuing.<\/p>\n

Brought to you by the Ohio law offices of Morrison & Nicholson.\u00a0 Call today for a free consultation (937) 432 – 9775.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Under current Ohio law, grandparents are permitted to petition the court for visitation rights with respect to their grandchildren. One would think that such a petition would not be necessary, but, unfortunately, more than we would like to think grandparents are prevented from seeing thier grandchildren. Quite frequently, grandparents turn to the courts in order to have the opportunity to spend time with their grandchildren. This often comes up as a problem when a couple divorces and whomever is chosen as the residential parent does not want his or her former in-laws to visit the children. Therefore, grandparents need to be aware that if the Court finds that it is in the child’s best interest to have visitation with his or her grandparents, they do have legal recourse. However, it must be noted that the Court is required to give some special weight to the wishes of the parents as to whether the grandparents are granted the right to certain visitation with the children. This does not mean that the parents wishes control the Court’s decision, but that if the parents feel strongly against visitation, the court must consider that fact. But even if the residential parent does not want to allow the visitation, the Court can , and often does, grant the visitation if it is in the best interest of the child. There are specific stautory provisions that cover the visitation rights of grandparents in Ohio, so you should seek the advice of counsel to determine if your case is worth pursuing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[81,117,119,134,168,214,217,243,269,369,375,401,404,462,495,563,567,570],"class_list":["post-1740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dayton-ohio-dissolution-divorce","tag-beavercreek","tag-child-custody","tag-child-support","tag-clark-county","tag-dayton","tag-dissolution","tag-divorce","tag-fairborn","tag-grandparent-visitation-rights","tag-miamisburg","tag-montgomery-county","tag-ohio","tag-ohio-custody","tag-residential-parent","tag-springboro","tag-visitation","tag-warren-county","tag-west-carrollton"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/henryclarke.co\/law-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/henryclarke.co\/law-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/henryclarke.co\/law-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/henryclarke.co\/law-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/henryclarke.co\/law-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/henryclarke.co\/law-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/henryclarke.co\/law-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/henryclarke.co\/law-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/henryclarke.co\/law-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}