What Must Be Included in a Child Custody Agreement? A child custody agreement outlines the child custody guidelines. It is generally issued concurrently with a divorce or legal separation decree. In general, child custody agreements typically include the following:...
Grandparent Visitation Rights According to the U.S. Supreme Court It is a fundamental right under the Constitution that parents have the right to make decisions concerning the upbringing of their children. However, the enactment of some states’ visitation rights has...
Every state across the country has enacted statutory guidelines for granting grandparent visitation rights to grandparents. The primary purpose is to give grandparents the opportunity to maintain contact and maintain a relationship with their grandchildren. The laws...
More than 40 years ago, grandparent visitation rights and the visitation rights of other non-parents were essentially nonexistent. Particularly, visitation right only applied to biological parents. However, in today’s court system, essentially, every state has...
We would like to thank a few of the other applicants for the Brandon Legal Group Scholarship. Selecting the right winner from among the essays submitted was not an easy task. We present the essay here by Gracy D. Crumpton from St. Thomas University School of Law....
