Walk It Through: The Grandchild
Sixty days unreasonably denied, one of three situations, and the child's best interests.
A grandfather has not been allowed to see his granddaughter for three months.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One grandfather and one granddaughter. Adoption and fees are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Grandparent visitationReasonable visitation a court may grant grandparents unreasonably denied visitation for more than sixty days, in the situations the section lists and in the child's best interests.
- Irretrievably brokenThe finding for a judgment of dissolution: no reasonable likelihood the marriage can be preserved, after one spouse has lived in Missouri for the ninety days before filing and thirty days have passed since the petition.