Difference between revisions of "Grandparents and Extended Family Members"
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If the guardians are not in court, a child's caregiver and extended family member can start a court proceeding against the guardians and ask for orders about the children. | If the guardians are not in court, a child's caregiver and extended family member can start a court proceeding against the guardians and ask for orders about the children. | ||
===Orders and agreements | ===Orders and agreements=== | ||
This page talks about the orders available to children's caregivers and extended family members and is written on the assumption that someone who is interested in securing a right to involvement in a child's life will be going to court to secure that right. After all, if the child's parents or guardians were okay with the kind of involvement the person is looking for, there'd be no secure the sort of involvement sought. However, there's no reason at all why the child's parents or guardians and the caregiver or extended family member couldn't make an agreement on the issue instead of going to court. | This page talks about the orders available to children's caregivers and extended family members and is written on the assumption that someone who is interested in securing a right to involvement in a child's life will be going to court to secure that right. After all, if the child's parents or guardians were okay with the kind of involvement the person is looking for, there'd be no secure the sort of involvement sought. However, there's no reason at all why the child's parents or guardians and the caregiver or extended family member couldn't make an agreement on the issue instead of going to court. | ||