GRANDPARENTS VISITATION RIGHTS IN NEW YORK
I am a member of an e-mail discussion group for New York divorce and family law attorneys, and over the last few days there has been a pretty interesting discussion of the legal rights of grandparents in New York State. Domestic Relations Law Section 72 spells out the statutory rights of grandparents, and there have been some judicial opinions and law review articles discussing grandparent's rights outside the statute or under the umbrella of other statutes and legal theories.
Of course, like most other areas of family law in New York, what is written and what actually happens are not always the same, and in my opinion there is considerable room for grandparents to maneuver within the Court system to assert their rights under appropriate circumstances. This is especially true in today’s economy, when grandparents are assuming greater financial and personal responsibility for their adult children and their own grandchildren.
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