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...said only, "He has very strong beliefs." Forbes spent $26 million from his own piggy bank on these beliefs in 1999, and roughly $37 million in 1996. I asked him and Sabina if they ever thought it might have been wiser to spend that money on their grandchildren--or one really knockout vacation--than on political ads. Sabina deferred to Steve, who didn't really answer...
...also part of a rising American debate over parents' rights. In Chicago birth parents are pitted against foster parents, and some blacks are charging the courts with racial insensitivity. In the U.S. Supreme Court this week, grandparents are squaring off against parents over the right to visit their grandchildren. Across the U.S., courts are being flooded with cases involving custody and visitation for homosexuals who have been estranged from the children they parented. At the heart of all these disputes is a wrenching legal and emotional question: Who should have the right to play a part in rearing a child...
...Washington law. The former claim the law interferes with the notion of family, while the latter fear it would take autonomy away from gay couples with children. The law's supporters include the AARP, which argues that older people should not be prevented from having a role in their grandchildren's lives. How the Justices will rule is anyone's guess, but the current Supreme Court generally champions states' rights - most recently evidenced in Wednesday's decision that states aren't bound to a 1974 federal law against age discrimination in hiring. And the case at hand is even more...
With the boom in divorce since the 1970s, all 50 states have granted grandparents statutory rights to petition the courts for visitation with grandchildren. Judges will generally grant visitation if it is deemed in the best interest of the child...
Grandparents at risk of estrangement should be flexible with former in-laws and keep in touch with grandchildren any way they can, without insisting that the relationship stay exactly the way it was. Grandparents should remember that when a family is in flux, everything changes. Anger from a divorce can spill over onto a spouse's relatives, but it often subsides if no one pushes too hard. Grandparents can also try to have their visitation rights included in a separation agreement as a precaution against having to go to court later. The American Association of Retired Persons provides helpful resources...