Do Grandparents Have Rights To Their Grandchildren IF The Parent Has Been Emancipated In New York? I was Emancipated At The Age Of 16. My Mother Is Wanting Visitation To My Child\nDoes She Have Any Rights To Him?
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The Supreme Court has determined that parents have a "fundamental right" to raise their children as they see fit and as such have the absolute "right" to forbid the child's grandparents from any type of visitation.  The case reached the Supreme Court after a state law granted visitation rights to grandparents a the parents of a deceased mother sought visitation of their grandson.  The father refused.  The Court held that the state law was unconstitutional because it interfered with the parent's right to raise his child the way he wanted.
22621
Not sure what you mean about being involved in the court system. But once you are 18 you don't have to live with your parents that much I do know. In alot of places you can be emancipated before the age of 18, talk to your social worker. IF you can prove that you are responsible that should be an easy option... Good Luck
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Personally, as a parent, I think they are a bad idea. \n\nI do not know your situation, but if there was a reason I was estranged from my parents, its probably enough of a reason that I would not want my children around them either.  My child is mine to care for and raise, and I should not be forced to let him visit with people I do not want him visiting with.  Not to mention the complications it would bring for all the partied involved because of the feeling between you and your children.\n\nAlso, my son has a deadbeat father who is not a part if his life. He does not know his biological father and never will.  Should the court be able to force me to allow tha parents of his deadbeat father to visit him?  Then I have to explain who those people are and why his father is not around...\n\nBUT, I don't have grandchildren, so I can't give you an opinion from that perspective.
580033
Yeah, first you need a lawyer and if the childrens biological father is still alive, he needs to give legal written consent to relinquish his parental rights.  Atleast that is how it is in NY.
484542
This is lawyer time.  No excuses as to why it is too expensive. GET A LAWYER NOW.  No he does not have to give up his rights but he might want to come to an agreement that sets up specific visitation times.  The grandparents probably are doing this so they can make medical decisions in an emergency and not be tied up trying to find an absent parent.  He might offer a medical release form that lets them make decisions on that.\nHe could try for xmas and birthday visits or more if he is responsible enought to show up for more frequent visits.\nHe needs to make an effort to show his daughter he does care and that he is allowing the situation for her benefit.\n\nYou do not say if the father has a drug problem or of he is responsible enough to try and be a particapant in his daughters life.\nCounseling would be good too so he can get his head clear and learn to work with the grandparents who have been doing his job for so long.
232690
you can petition the court to order a new guardian. kinda long process, but it'll eventually work out. explain how your relationship won't work and you've tried counseling and it's not a healthy environment for you. but first you should get the person you want to live with to want to accept the responsibilities. together you can even contact a lawyer to see about them getting cutody. you may also be old enough to be emancipated
358130
If you have very good reasons, then you can go to court and ask to be "emancipated". This means that that you would be considered an adult in your own right, and your mother would no longer be your guardian. \n\nHowever, consider first that your mother loves you very much, and you need each other. (Everyone needs a loving family member!)
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I don't know the law in NC.  I'm in Texas.  My story was years ago, but I tried to get emancipated at 15.  I was talked out if by family friends.  At 17, with things at home still being pretty bleak, I just left.  My parents filed on me as a runaway.  This meant that even though I was attending school, I was being counted absent as per State law.  So it depends on the age of legality and the laws of NC, but you may want to investigate this.\nBTW, I don't regret leaving home - wish I would have done it sooner.
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Well it is all up to your son to get through to her. He seriously\nneeds to sit down and have long talk with her. He is the father \nof his child and has every right to take his child to visit  both \ngrandparent. It would be different if the grandparents were \ncontrolling, then yes she can have a say so. If she is a compulsive liar, then it hard to believe anything they say, as you \nalready know. They believe in their own lies. It hard to bring them back to reality. It's are up to your son to put his foot down as the\nother parent. They live together and there should not be a one \nparent rule. I'm a Mother and a Grandmother and I only have 2\ndaughters, but one of them is married and if he was a controlling\nyoung man, then I would have a say so. You as a grandparent \nhave every right to see your grandchild.  You say already you \nhave spoken to her already, well you need to keep at it. Maybe she'll give in. For what ever reason she has and as you said \nshe is jealous of you then keep asking the same question, WHY.\nThat is Good that you don't interfere in their lives or tell them what \nto do, and that is what you need to keep telling her. Sit down with\nboth of them and tell them you would be happy to spend quality \ntime with your grandchild in the week-ends. I sure do hope thing\nchange for the better. I told my daughter if my son-in-law was\nto ever keep my grandchildren away from me, then I would\nseriously take them to court for visitation rights. She told me, I\nhad nothing to worry about. Our relationship between my son-\nin-law and myself was rocky in the beginning. But after our \nbig argument, he had found out it was his own mother that was\ndoing are the lieing and turning  the story around. So now I'm\ncloser to them, then his own family is. I help them with the children to where his family doesn't help at all. So I wish you\nthe best of luck.
300101
Do whatever feels right to you. You mother may be trying to make up for lost time. But if you are not comfortable moving in with her stay with your grandmother and go to her house for visits. Be honest with her, but also be willing to help her.
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If you have concerns, I wouldn't send the child. \n\nThere are ways that grandparents can legally obtain guardianship of grandchildren. They can file motions to protect, motions for emergency guardianship, etc, by claiming that you are an unfit parent. Then, while they would have the burden of proof, it would still be a lengthy and expensive proposition for you to contend with. Your attorney would have to be located in the same state that the petitions were filed.
356283
Why not see if you can get a free consultation with a lawyer or someone who can look over the papers and tell you what they mean.  It seems that if a parent didn't want visitation, they wouldn't be able to force it.  I mean, how would it be in the best interest of the child to send them to spend time with someone who wants nothing to do with them?  It wouldn't be doing the father or the child any good.  They shouldn't be concerned, especially if he is paying support and not causing any trouble with the girl and her mother.
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In the US, Yes. Unless you are officially emancipated, it would then be illegal for you. Your parents have full responsibility of you until you are 18.\n\nOk the stuff that your listing is pretty much child abuse. Even though you are a young adult it's still considered "Child" Abuse... most likely if you can convince a court that you can support yourself, or just convince them that your mother is abusing her responsibilities, then you should be able to get emancipated. \n\nLook for your state's website and then try to find the child abuse and ask them if that is considered child abuse and what they think you should do. How long until you are 18 ?
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Wow. That's a long time. I'm sorry for your separation. I know it must be difficult for you. My parents separated when I was a baby and I never met my real father until I was 16. In fact he never communicated with me and only kept up with my progress through his mother who my mom stayed in contact with all through the years. I wrote to him and told him I would like to get to know him and it meant so much to him. He wrote me a very touching letter that let me know he regretted not getting to see me grow up and let me know he would give anything to spend time with me. He moved within the year from his home in California back to his mother's hometown in North Carolina and we visited back and forth from my home in Virginia for the next five years until he died in a tragic house fire. I was so very, very thankful for the time I spent getting to know him and the rest of his family. I learned that I inherited many traits from that side of the family and the oddities I thought I had were simply that I was more like his side of the family than my mom's side. As we get older we all want to know about our past, our roots, our history. If you are open and honest in your communication with your son I have no doubt that he will be thankful to get to know you. It might not feel like the traditional father/son relationship, but you will have your own unique relationship as my dad and I did and I will treasure it forever. My only regret is that he did not live to see his grandchildren. Just open your heart and let him know how you feel. Good luck!
551845
Hey, get a grip if you are thirty-two then you are old enough to know that when the time comes she'll tell you. But, be an adult, not a spoiled kid obviously she's lived with it all this time and there may or may not be something she doesn't want you to know just now. It doesn't change anything between you and your grandfather, apparently it didn't make any difference to him! Give your mom time and get on with your life, don't let it define you life!
414329
Unless the father wants to, yes wants to, give up his legal rights you probably won't be able to.  Along with that you shouldn't.  In any case I don't know of any state that will take away a fathers legal rights because mom is getting remarried.
27885
call a relative .. grandma is best and have them contact your mother to tell her that .. her daughter? .. needs her or whatever the situation is .. tell the relative to tell your mother .. if you cannot stay with him because of abuse or something you need to contact an authority .. tell a relative what's going on and that you need to get out of the house