Court‐Ordered Grandparent Visitation: Welcome Event or Unwarranted Intrusion into Family Life?

Autor:	Theodore J. Stein
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	Intervention (law) Sociology and Political Science Order (business) Law Control (management) Grandparent Meaning (existential) Psychology Family life Social policy Due Process Clause
Zdroj:	Social Service Review. 81:229-243
ISSN:	1537-5404 0037-7961
Popis:	This article explores changes in state laws that allow a grandparent to petition a court for visits with a grandchild, permitting a court to order visits over the objection of a fit parent. Such changes are altering the century‐old rule that fit parents have a right to control the upbringing of their children. The changes allow the state to intervene in family life when intervention is in a child’s best interest, and the state does not have to prove a parent unfit in order to make such an intervention. Also, this article briefly considers court decisions that allow a nonrelative to petition for visitation and custody. It concludes by examining the implications of these decisions for the meaning of family and for social policy.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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