Legal Question in Family Law in Pennsylvania

My adopted parents right to visitation of my daughter

I was adopted into the state of oklahoma 24years ago and was moved to Pennsylvania 19years ago by my adopted parents. Since my adoption I have always felt like a band-aide there to fix their hurt. Not the other way around as I believe it should be when you adopt. We all have pain but it is the job of the parent to handle the pain of a child exspecially when dealing with adopted children. I never got the right to say yes I want them to be my parents. And now that I am 29 and have my own loving family of 9years I have made the decision to be happy and not let them bring me down any longer. The only hold back I see is that I have a beautiful and intelligent 4 year old daughter. I fear that if they have the smallest morsel of rights they will use them to the fullest extent of the law only to benefit them and not thinking about my rights or feelings. They are raising my neice (not by blood) which they ambushed my sister (not blood) in court to gain custody. Do these people that someone else decided that I should call parents have any rights to visitation or custody of my daughter which is not linked to them by blood? If so what can I do?


Asked on 11/21/04, 2:02 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Mark Johns Mark Johns, Esquire

Re: My adopted parents right to visitation of my daughter

As long as a childs parents are fit the court has no power to interfere with the parents rights to raise the child as they see fit. This would include allowing or disallowing time spent with the grandparents. I offer free consultations.

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Answered on 11/21/04, 2:27 pm


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