A grandparent, great grandparent, step parent, or person who has maintained a parent-child relationship with the child may ask the court to grant them visitation times with that child.
In order for the court to grant visitation rights with a child the child's parents must have notice of the requested visitation, and the court must determine that the visitation with the person is in the child's best interest.
However, when the request is made by a grandparent, the court must also find that the child is not the child of a marriage, paternity of the child has been determined, and the grandparent has at least attempted to maintain a relationship with the child and isn't likely to act contrary to the parent's decisions.
Grandparents have a more limited ability to obtain visitation rights from the court, because the court gives deference to the parent's decision to limit their child's relationship with a grandparent.
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