If my son just died and his wife is holding my grandchildren away from seeing me is there a legal way?
827150
Grand parents do not have visitation rights. If you are serious about your grandchildrens welfare, do whatever it takes to change your daughter-in-laws attitude. Wheedle, cajole, compliment, cry, beg, bribe. Offer to take the kids on a special trip, and make sure they know about it. Write to them, but NEVER say anything derogatory about their Mother, you could lose them forever.
1010093
File a police report and get a lawyer.  Take your butt down to the police station, they probably take a statement and then send you to social services.  Social services should be able to advise you further on that situation.  If the health and well-being of your kids is at stake, then go take care of things.  If you let this scare you and don't take steps to solve this now, the State can step in later down the road and just take the kids.
599270
Sorry, but you will not be able to.  There are a variety of reasons, but the most important is your son's safety.  OPerational SECurity (OPSEC) will prevent you from knowing the exact location of your son.  You will have a general location.  Also, he is still in transit.  He will contact you when he gets a chance.\n\nThank you, your son, and your entire family.
995952
You didn't say what state you're in, and without that information you're not going to get a good answer.\n\nIn California, police cannot "detain" a witness at all.  A witness has not committed a crime, and is therefore not subject to detention.\n\nIf, in your state, witnesses are allowed to be detained, then I'm fairly certain there are rules that detail how that's supposed to be done.  I would also strongly suspect that the police didn't do anything illegal with your son, even though it's often popular to want to believe they did.\n\nIt's quite possible your son was an outright suspect at first, or perhaps "on the edge" of being a suspect.  He may have been detained for that reason, and through questioning (of both he and the others involved), the police determined he wasn't a suspect at all, and really was a witness.  \n\nBut in California, yes...it's legal to detain a minor at the police station without parents knowing (after all, what if the parents were out of town and couldn't be reached?) and it's equally legal to prevent the parents from having access to the child.
899961
You probably should be discussing with an estate attorney in your area.  But there are a couple of ways you might think about doing this.  Please don't just give equal shares to your children because while it seems fair on it's face, it won't prevent problems if the one child/son wants to keep the property as a farm and others want to sell.  What you might do, is reserve a life estate in the entire residence/farm for yourself.  That protects you for your lifetime.  You can then set up a partnership with your son and determine his payment/income/revenue from the farm on a fair basis equal to his input.  \n\nUpon death, in your will or trust, you might want to deed/gift the farm to the one son who is interested in keeping the property.  That lets him have what he wants or wants to continue to have as an operation.  Then provide that an appraiser be appointed (it can be someone you trust) or you can have your son/farmer pick one; the other family members pick another; and then those two appraisers pick another.  Let them all appraise the farm and agree on a value (or let them all appraise and have the average used....there are some problems with this though).  But determine or think out a method that you believe is fair.  Then let the Son mortgage the land or borrow the funds and pay that portion (value at your death) to your other kids.  \n\nIf you have other assets, you can give these to the other children and offset the value of the farm further.\n\nThis is a difficult but resolveable situation.  Good Luck
861602
Not unless he adopted your son & that would require your permission. Check with your attorney or Social Security Office, take copy of divorce papers to prove you have joint custody.\nShe hasd no legal right to block your contact from his # & broke the law if collecting double payments.
1028347
You need to call lawyer { ref }  if you cannot afford a lawyer and get one Pro-Boneo the laws change from state to state that's what makes each different it a state macho thing one out doing the other or trying.\n\nWhere I live grandparents have rights but you have to hire a lawyer go to court and fights for your rights to see your grandchild.\n\nThan the judge give visit for you as a grandparents and the child needs a grandmother this is a great move to share your love with her and be in her memory's.
206049
Please speak to an attorney. That is the only way to be sure you are getting accurate advice. I am not an attorney. I just know to do this by finding out the hard way. Sorry for your loss. Good luck.
219545
You really can't cept for filling a restraining order..I'm going throught this as well. Been going through it off and on for a few years. All you can really do is be there for your kids and try to ignore what he says. They will learn the truth soon enought.
360513
I answer this question on the basis of intitution and prayer there are ways to get back your son but not without great effort and penance but it is with you everything a friend of you or her is in the way but keep this confidential.
944419
Unfortunately not. In most states, grandparents have no rights where grandchildren are concerned. The only time this changes is if the parents are incarcerated or there is evidence of abuse. In either case CPS, and attorney and court must be involved.
47175
You wil have to contact an attorney.  Every state has laws written into them that do not allow a parent to leave the custodial state with out the other parents permission.  If the father cannot be found a reasonable search must me made (i.e. newspaper adds). When the father cannot be found then you will go to court and potition for the parential rites to be remove from the missing parent.  I stress very highly-(GET AN ATTORNEY)
1086315
In Florida grandparents do not have any rights.  That is true, but usually DCF has to try to place children with family members, unless the parents are working a plan to get the kids back and are showing some progress, or if no family members can pass the background search.  I would advise your parents to call a family lawyer that deals with DCF in the Daytona area (call the Bar Association in that area) to see what information they can get. DCF is a bear to work with, good luck.
1127666
I'm pretty sure Grandparents have rights.  Contact a lawyer and see what they are.  Good luck.
443507
Look in the obits until someone your age and gender dies. Contact social security and let them know you (dead person) lost your card and have one mailed to you. Use that to get your drivers licensed reissued. Obviously this is illegal...big brother is watching.
856080
There is no way. Unless you get a friend to buy a guardianship certificate for you. Artix forum moderators don't like people who beg for guardianship so don't post this there.
395689
everyone is different.  however long it takes you to get back on your feet, it could be 6months, it could be a year. but whenever that time comes there is no need to continue to be in mourning, of course you should never try to forget the death of a loved one.  but moving on is necessary both for you and the children.  just take it slow, and things will fall into place.  she wouldn't have wanted you to continue to live lonely.