Are you looking for information about grandparents rights visitation and custody and grandparents legal rights? All states provide grandparent laws to address the issue of grandparent rights to visitation of their grandchildren.

Grandparent visitation laws are often provided on the state legislature or government website under state laws, codes and statutes. Below is a list of some links to grandparents rights and visitation information by state.

For the latest on grandparent laws, grandparents rights, and developments in your jurisdiction concerning child custody grandparents and their visitation rights you should consult with a family law attorney in your jurisdiction.

• Alabama
  
  • Alabama Family Code Section 30-3-4.1: Grandparent Visitation
• Alaska
  
  • Alaska Statutes AS 25.20.065
• Arizona
  
  • Arizona Statute 25-409: Visitation Rights of Grandparents and Great-Grandparents.
• Arkansas
  
  • Statute 9-13-103. Grandparent visitation rights when parent has custody
  • 9-13-107. Grandparent visitation rights when parent does not have custody
• California
  
  • Family Code 3100-3105: Grandparents Rights in Section 3102-3104
• Colorado
  
  • Colorado Statutes
  • Statutes 19-1-117 Grandparent Visitation
  • Statutes 19-1-117.5 Visitation Disputes
• Connecticut
  
  • Statutes  46b-56
• Delaware
  
  • Title 10, Chapter 9, Subchapter III, Section 1031(7)
  • Search Delaware Code for "Grandparent Visitation Custody"
• Florida
  
  • Title XLIII, Chapter 752 - Grandparental Visitation Rights
• Georgia
  
  • Code Section 19-7-3
  • Brooks v. Parkerson., 265 Ga. 189, 454 S.E.2.d 769 (1995)
• Hawaii
  
  • Code Section 571-46.3 Grandparents' visitation rights; petition; notice; order.
• Idaho
  
  • Title 32, Chapter 7, Section 32-719. Visitation Rights of Grandparents and Great-Grandparents
  • Senate Bill No. 1105
• Illinois
  
  • (750 ILCS 5/607) (from Ch. 40, par. 607) Section 607
  • Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) Sec. 607. Visitation.
• Indiana
  
  • IC 31-17-5. Chapter 5. Grandparent's Visitation
• Iowa
  
  • Iowa Code Chapter 600C
  • 600C.1 Grandparent and great-grandparent visitation.
• Kansas
  
  • Chapter 38. Article 1. -- 38-129. Visitation rights of grandparents
  • Kansas Statutes Search
• Kentucky
  
  • Revised Statutes Chapter 405.021 Reasonable visitation rights to grandparents
• Louisiana
  
  • Chapter 14. Article 1264. Post-adoption visitation rights of grandparents
• Maine
  
  • Title 19-A, Chapter 59: Visitation Rights of Grandparents
• Maryland
  
  • Code Section  9-102. Petition by grandparents for visitation.
  • Search Maryland Codes
• Massachusetts
  
  • Chapter 119: Section 39D. Visitation rights to certain grandparents of unmarried minor children; place to file petition
• Michigan
  
  • Section 722.27b. Order for grandparenting time;
  • Michigan Compiled Laws Search
• Minnesota
  
  • 518.1752 Grandparent Visitation.
  • 257C.08 Rights of Visitation to Unmarried Persons.
  • Search Minnesota Laws, Statutes and Rules
• Mississippi
  
  • Section  93-16-3. Who may petition for visitation rights; when; court in which to file petition.
  • Section  93-16-7. Application of chapter.
  • Search Mississippi Codes
• Missouri
  
  • Section 452.402. 1. Grandparent's Visitation Rights
• Montana
  
  • Montana Code 40-9-102. Grandparent-grandchild contact
• Nebraska
  
  • Nebraska Statute 43-1802. Visitation; conditions; order; modification
• Nevada
  
  • NRS 125C.050 Petition for right of visitation for certain relatives and other persons
• New Hampshire
  
  • Section 461-A:13. Grandparents Visitation Rights
• New Jersey
  
  • New Jersey Statutes 9:2-7.1. Visitation rights for grandparents, siblings
• New Mexico
  
  • Statute 40-9-2. Children; visitation by grandparent; petition; mediation
• New York
  
  • New York Domestic Relations (DOM) Laws. Article 5, Section  72.
• North Carolina
  
  • Section 50-13.2A.
• North Dakota
  
  • Statute 14-09-05.1
• Ohio
  
  • Section 3109.051. Visitation Rights.
  • Section 3109.11. Children of Deceased Parents.
  • Section 3109.12. Unmarried Parents.
• Oklahoma
  
  • Title 10, Chapter 1, Section 5. Custody, Services and Earnings - Grandparental Visitation Rights - Termination
  • Title 10, Chapter 1, Section 5 - Grandparental Rights to Visitation With Unmarried Minor - Custody, Services, and Earnings - Termination
  • Title 43, Section 109.4 - Visitation Rights of Grandparent of Unmarried Minor
• Oregon
  
  • 109.119 Rights of person who establishes emotional ties creating child-parent relationship or ongoing personal relationship; presumption regarding legal parent; motion for intervention.
• Pennsylvania
  
  • Title 23, Part VI, Chapter 53, Subchapter A, Section 531
• Rhode Island
  
  • Section  15-5-24.3 Visitation rights  Grandparents and siblings
• South Carolina
  
  • Section 63-3-530(A)(33)
• South Dakota
  
  • 25-4-52. Visitation rights for grandparents--Enforcement by circuit court
  • 25-4-54. Visitation rights of grandparents--Child placed for adoption
• Tennessee
  
  • 36-6-306. Visitation rights of grandparents
  • 36-6-307. Determination of best interests of child for grandparent visitations
• Texas
  
  • Section 153.432-434
• Utah
  
  • 30-5-2. Visitation rights of grandparents
• Vermont
  
  • Title 15, Chapter 18: Grandparents Visitation
• Virginia
  
  • Sections  20-124.1. Definitions
  • Sections  20-124.2. Court-ordered custody and visitation arrangements
  • Search Sections  20-124
• Washington
  
  • RCW 26.09.240. Visitation rights, Person other than parent, Grandparents visitation rights
• West Virginia
  
  • Chapter 48, Article 10. Grandparent Visitation
• Wisconsin
  
  • 54.56 Visitation by a minor's grandparents and stepparents
  • 767.43 Visitation rights of certain persons
  • 48.925 Visitation rights of certain persons.
• Wyoming
  
  • 20-7-101. Establishing grandparents' visitation rights.
  • 20-7-102. Establishing primary caregivers' visitation rights.

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