As of 2004, grandparents in Michigan may petition the court to exercise their rights as outlined under the law if they are not automatically granted by the custodial party. Theses statutes were challenged in 2007 and heard before the Michigan Supreme Court where they were upheld. Those rights are as follows:
You have the right to maintain contact with the grandchild or grandchildren if that relationship has been denied following death, divorce, children born outside of marriage or certain other circumstances. However there are narrow circumstances and specifics may be modified depending on conditions. For an accurate answer, you should consult an attorney.
Grandparent Rights to Visitation: Visitation can only be granted when the parents' marriage is declared invalid or dissolved or the court enters a decree of legal separation or legal custody of the child is given to a party other than the child's parent. Michigan Statutes Annotated, Section 25.312(7b) [M.S.A. §25.312(7b)]. This is same as Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated, §722.27b. Additional affidavit required.
When Adoption Occurs: Visitation rights terminate upon adoption unless the adoption is by a stepparent.
Child Custody Statutes: Best interest of child considering: (1) love, affection and other emotional ties existing between the parties and the child; (2) the capacity and disposition of each to give love, affection, guidance and continuation of education and raising the child in its religion; (3) the capacity and disposition of each to provide food, clothing and medical care; (4) length of time the child has lived in a stable, satisfactory environment, and the desirability of maintaining continuity; (5) permanence as a family unit of the existing or proposed custodial home; (6) moral fitness of the parties; (7) mental and physical health of the parties and child; (8) home, school and community record of the child; (9) preference of the child, if of suitable age; (10) willingness and ability of the parties to facilitate and encourage a relationship between the child and the other parent; and (11) any other relevant factor. M.S.A. §25.312(3); M.C.L.A. §722.23. Grandparent or other third party may only get custody if: (1) child's biological parents were never married, and (2) the parent with custody dies or is missing and the other parent has not been granted custody, and (3) the person seeking custody is related within the 5th degree by marriage, blood, or adoption (grandparent or great-grandparent qualifies). M.S.A. §25.312(6c)-(6e); M.C.L.A. §§722.26c-722.26e.
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There are NO grandparent's rights in the state of michigan.
You have full and primary rights to your children. Grandparents do not have custody rights to children over parents.
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If you parents give up their rights or their rights are taken away and the judge gives it to the grandparents after they apply.
No. they do not.
The grandparents can get access towards there grandchildren by the mother and father dies and they get them. Or the grandparents file for custody of the children
Grandparents can ask for visitation to be granted through the court, but they are not automatically given visitation rights like natural/legal parents are.
as in grandparents rights, yes.
the US Bill of Rights is for everyone but the State of Michigan's Bill of Rights only counts in Michigan. So i you went other places your rights would be different except for the rights in the US bill of rights.
Need more info in order to to answer. Taken by who? For what reason? Where is the father in all this? In what part, if any, do the PATERNAL grandparents enter into this? In most states, grandparent's rights are based through the parent's rights. If a parent's rights are terminated, then the grandparent's rights are also lost. Sad, but true.
I don't know where you live but where I live there is no such thing as grandparents rights.
Their rights start where the parents' rights begin. If the parents are actively parenting, the child is thriving and nothing illegal is going on, then the grandparents are honor bound to support, not supplant, the parents. If the parents are out of the picture, the grandparents can certainly apply to become guardians of the child.