Experienced Grandparents’ Rights Lawyer Fighting for Your Bond in Texas

In Texas, grandparents’ right to visit their grandchildren is treated as a privilege rather than a right. Unless certain conditions warrant the involvement of the court, courts usually take the parental decision into account.

In case both parents are unavailable or careless, the grandparents may obtain a conservatorship. This will give them the privilege of making legal decisions and raising the child as their own.

When one of the parents does not allow visitation, and the other parent is dead, in prison, unfit, and/or not a custodian, a grandparent may seek the right to visitation. This leaves a way for the court to review it.

A grandparent who has stood in as the primary caregiver to the child for six months or more may be eligible for custody. In such instances, the courts capture the stability and continuity of care.

To be granted visitation, grandparents will have to demonstrate how the refusal to receive them will negatively affect the physical or emotional welfare of the child. This usually entails establishing a formerly intimate, positive relationship.

The grandparents can adopt a child when parents lose their rights or cannot exercise their rights due to some circumstances. Adoption provides all the legal rights to parenting and long-term stability.