Grandparent Visitation
Nov 19, 2021OUTCOME: I lost. The Constitutional presumptions of fit parents, combined with the parents joining in opposition, was apparently sufficient to convince the Judge that visitation was not in the child's best interest.
A complex can involving grandparents who provided long-term care for their young grandson, and parents (now) joined in opposition to continued visitation. It was clear to me that father had convinced m ... other to "side with him" although likely under duress. That joint opposition really hurt our case, although I was hopeful the Judge would see through that smokescreen, he did not. My clients decided that, due to the very one-sided drafting of the Ruling & Order, and the costs involved, appealing the ruling was not something they wanted to do. It was unfortunate because this case was about as on-point with Stuard v. Stuard as any factual scenario one could conjure up.
