Grandparents Rights

Grandparent Rights Attorney

Family disputes can be extremely complex and involve competing interests between different families and generations. At the Lyne Ranson Law Offices, PLLC, our attorneys are experienced in assisting grandparents protect their rights to see their grandchildren. You may have had a significant involvement in your grandchild's life and now because of a divorce, be unable to see that child. Your child may be in the military and a spouse may prevent you from visiting. Our attorneys will help you protect your rights and the best interests of your grandchildren.

Our attorneys will help you protect your rights and the best interests of the grandchildren.

Grandparent rights to visitation and custody
Grandparent rights in West Virginia are extremely complex and require an experienced family lawyer. A grandparent may get rights to visitation if a court orders a divorce or separate maintenance and the grandparent's child fails to appear and defend the action. If that parent is missing or their whereabouts are unknown to the other parent, then the grandparent may get rights to visitation. We can also help you seek custody if both parents are unfit.

Our grandparents' rights attorneys can assist you with any of the following:

• Visitation
• Paternity
• Custody

Many grandparents seeking rights to see their grandchildren do not realize that the custodial parent must be out of the picture in order for the grandparents to obtain custody rights. Our attorney will assist you in preparing your case to demonstrate that the parent is out of the picture or provide a compelling justification for your visitation or custody rights.

If you are a grandparent, you may be able to seek visitation if the custodial parent refuses you visitation for a period of six months or more and your child is:

• Precluded from seeing child by a court order
• In the Armed Services and stationed more than one hundred miles from the state border
• In jail
• Deceased

If your grandchild was living with you for an extended period of time and recently was removed from your home by the custodial parent, you may also be able to seek visitation. Our attorneys will work hard to demonstrate that it is your rights and the best interests of your children to allow visitation. If your child is the non-custodial parent and unavailable and the custodial parent prevents you from seeing your grandchildren, you need a grandparents' rights attorney. Contact the Lyne Ranson Law Offices, PLLC, today for more information about our services.

For more information or to speak with an experienced family lawyer, contact Lyne Ranson.

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