What is the name of your state? Indiana
What is the name of your state? Indiana
My in-laws are involved in a unique situation, and I was hoping someone here could give some advice on it. My wife and her sister are adopted, and her sister has two children. In the past year, my wife and her parents have become estranged from the sister, who has promptly found her biological mother and is attempting to be re-adopted by her (their biological mother gave up rights to them many years ago). She has cut all ties with us and her parents, and has done everything in her power to prevent the children from seeing their grandparents. She got violent with us at one point, and promptly filed protective orders against my wife and her parents (we have all been seeing the children through her ex-husband). She has gotten a reputation for filing false protective orders in the county we live in (the courts recently rejected her latest attempt), so she has done the same thing in the county she lives in now.
My in-laws are planning on suing for grandparent's rights, and I was wondering if anyone had any insights as to their chances, and what they'd need to do to be successful. They want to see their grandchildren, and they're great grandparents, and the kids both love them to death. Again, they're adopted, and after this big blow-up their mother won't allow them to contact them, and won't let them even refer to them as their grandparents. Can anyone offer any advice? Thanks!
What is the name of your state? Indiana
My in-laws are involved in a unique situation, and I was hoping someone here could give some advice on it. My wife and her sister are adopted, and her sister has two children. In the past year, my wife and her parents have become estranged from the sister, who has promptly found her biological mother and is attempting to be re-adopted by her (their biological mother gave up rights to them many years ago). She has cut all ties with us and her parents, and has done everything in her power to prevent the children from seeing their grandparents. She got violent with us at one point, and promptly filed protective orders against my wife and her parents (we have all been seeing the children through her ex-husband). She has gotten a reputation for filing false protective orders in the county we live in (the courts recently rejected her latest attempt), so she has done the same thing in the county she lives in now.
My in-laws are planning on suing for grandparent's rights, and I was wondering if anyone had any insights as to their chances, and what they'd need to do to be successful. They want to see their grandchildren, and they're great grandparents, and the kids both love them to death. Again, they're adopted, and after this big blow-up their mother won't allow them to contact them, and won't let them even refer to them as their grandparents. Can anyone offer any advice? Thanks!