Handling visitation disputes in guardian cases

Welcome back, welcome back. Visitation can get complicated in child custody battles, but does it apply to adults as well? That's the question we're asking. Our legal expert here to explain what happens when families argue over who gets to see a parent, grandparent, or other loved ones, who gets to see the child. It does not seem like something that would make its way into the court, but it absolutely can. It does on a very regular basis. People are in probate courts arguing over, you know, I didn't get a chance. I tried to stop by after church and see mom and she locked the door. She turned off the phone. I can't call. It happens on a regular basis. Jay Hunt Crump Gibson, everybody. Hello. Hello. Looking fabulous. Okay. Let's get back into it. Grandparents don't necessarily have a right to the grandkids. Yeah. Grandparents rights are like not really a thing. I mean, they, they are, but they aren't. So certainly if you're mad because your daughter's not letting you see her children yeah you can't run into family court and then say hey i need to be able to assert my rights the rights are for the child to the parent but it is a conversation that's happening across the country because it's not just oh we got into it yeah and now they don't let me see the grandkid it's sometimes my child passed away and so the kid is with their mother and the mom doesn't let me see right you know right see my grand see my grandchildren right right and it's a thing i think i see it in that context but i also see it in a lot of situations where grandparents have stepped in and they actually are caring for the kid because there's something going on with the parent right they don't have a stable life you know what i mean they're constantly bouncing around they got a new boyfriend or girlfriend this day so they're moving in and that's not stable for the kid right so the grandparents are stepping in trying to say hey like these kids need a stable environment so actually just like give them to me so that also happens so what do you do what do if you're looking for guardianship or if you want the courts to just take a look at your situation what are you recommending you file a petition with the court i think before you do that though you should sit down and talk to a lawyer because they're going to spell out what you would have to prove so in that situation that i mentioned with a grandparent trying to get guardianship of a child that's in an unstable, unsafe situation. If those factors are demonstrated to the court and it's like, hey, this kid's safety, right, is at issue, then maybe they might think about granting guardianship. But then the point is to make sure that kids have relationships with their parents. So even if they place them with somebody else temporarily, they're still going to want to encourage the parent to be involved, right? Right. Because that's what the court cares about. Like at the end of the day, that we're here right despite what kind of person this is that's still this child's parent what about documentation yeah what kinds of i mean that feels real shady when you're you know when they're when your kids are involved yes yes anything that you can think of so a lot of times evidence ended up being attached you know text messages dms you know things that people posted in their stories and somebody took a screenshot of all the time all those things end up being evidence so exactly exactly look what she was doing the other day look at this paraphernalia that's in the back of that story or she's over here drinking and doing this yeah that's not an environment that this kid should be in so yeah so people like watch what you put out there on the internet i mean can you talk about this is more of a common issue than people might it is it is a regular issue whether it's from the kids right to the parents and a lot of times we know when it comes to child custody battles a lot of times it's not even about the kid it's about the people's issues, the adult's issues, right? So that happens on a regular basis. But even when it's coming to grandma, grandpa, mom, and dad, when they're older, at the end of the day, just because people are not getting along, whether it's a vulnerable adult or a child, they shouldn't suffer. So just know that that's what the court is going to care about when you go in there. They're not going to care about your argument at Christmas. They're going to care about what's best for this kid or this older adult. Yeah. Okay. Where can we find you? You can find us at gllegalgroup.com. If you can't remember that, just Google Great Lakes Legal Group. Very good. Looks great. We'll be right back.