Word: troxell
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...Supreme Court this week will hear a similarly heartrending family conflict. Jenifer and Gary Troxel, whose son Brad committed suicide in 1993, wanted increased visitation rights with their two granddaughters. When the Troxels couldn't agree with the girls' mother, Tommie Granville, on the details, they sued, under a Washington State law that allows any nonparent to be awarded visitation when it's in the "best interests of the child...
Jenifer and Gary Troxel see themselves as pretty typical grandparents. They like to go to their 10 grandchildren's recitals and soccer games. They take the kids out to eat and invite them to their home to cook and do crafts together. The youngsters love to take turbo bubble baths in the Jacuzzi. But the Troxels' experiences with two of their grandkids, Natalie and Isabelle, are frozen in time...
Despite these complications, the Troxels' heartache is all too common. Each year millions of grandparents see their relationships with beloved grandchildren curtailed or even severed when the parents split up. And the Troxels are trying to do something about that. Later this month the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of Troxel v. Granville and define what legal rights grandparents have to visit their grandkids...
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