Legal Question in Family Law in Georgia
Grandparent Rights
My wife's parents were divorced when my wife was a teenager and the father was no longer a father to her. His only goal was to play the ''guilt'' game. Every time my wife would go to see him, He would end up upsetting her and made no attempts to console her. I personally witnessed one such occasion when during the plans for our wedding, we discussed his role in the wedding to him and he made statments that upset my wife and didn't acknowledge any feelings of remorse for upsetting her. I decided at that point never to push my wife towards any attempt at reconciliation with him. I also sent him a letter stating that fact.
He recently sent a letter to us threatening to sue to be able to visit with our daughter.
My question is what legal grounds (in the state of Georgia) does he have to stand on, since the responsibility of providing a safe environment for children lies, first, solely on the parents?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Grandparent Rights
Under Georgia law, a grandparent has no rights to visitation where the parents of a minor child are not separated and the child is living with both of the parents. A grandparent may only maintain an action for visitation in any case involving the custody of the child, a divorce case between the parents of the child, a case involving termination of parental rights of either parent of the child, or an adoption of the child.
If he persists or actually files something, you should see an attorney immediately to respond and seek attorney's fees from the court.
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