Legal Question in Family Law in Maryland

Grandparent Visitation Rights

What are the laws pertaining to grandparent visitation rights in adoption cases, where the children are aopted outside both maturnal families in the City of Baltimore City and it's five surrounding counties: and how do I bring their text up on the web?


Asked on 9/15/99, 1:39 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Robert Sher Wagshal and Sher

Re: Grandparent Visitation Rights

You pose an interesting question--one which probably hasn't come up before in the specific context. However, I see no reason why the grandparents of adopted children should have any lesser visitation rights than if the children are natural-born. In Maryland, grandparents may petition a court to grant them visitation rights, which will almost always be granted. The law that deals with this is Family Law (FL) 9-102.

The law guru has a website that should allow you to access this statute. It is www.lawguru.com/multisearch/multisearch.html

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Answered on 9/16/99, 4:13 pm


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