In deciding if the grandparent visitation rights are in the best interest of the child, courts must consider the amount of personal contact between the parents or grandparents of the child and the child prior to the application for grandparent visitation rights. The more frequent the prior contact, the more likely the courts are to find that continued contact is in the child’s best interest. Another common argument that continued contact is in the child’s best interest is that it furthers the child’s interest in maintaining or establishing connections with that side of the family.

Because grandparent rights cases are so family specific, Tentinger Law Firm’s emphasis on individually-tailored legal advice becomes even more valuable. Specifically, we adopt a collaborative approach to our clients’ grandparent rights cases. We work diligently to ensure that the firm’s knowledge of our client’s case is comprehensive, and we incorporate this detailed knowledge into pleadings and briefs submitted to the court. We regularly communicate with the client while drafting pleadings, thus resulting in custom-made pleadings for each case. This collaborative approach results in meticulously prepared legal documents sensitive to each client’s individual legal needs and goals when it comes to grandparent rights issues.