Legal Question in Family Law in Rhode Island

Re: grandmothers rights

Grandparents have no rights in the State of Rhode Island.

Regarding your first question, it depends upon the circumstances. If you are referring to a parent's court supervised visitation then your daughter may very well be excluded from any supervised visitation by the court supervisor.

If you are not referring to court supervised visitation for a parent of the children, and there is no other prohibition that you have not mentioned, then you should be able to bring your daughter to court to see your grandchildren.

Keep in mind that if one parent does not want the grandparent to have contact with the children then that desire overrides the grandparents desire to see the grandchild.

A grandparent does not have any right to see a grandchild. At this time a grandparent is only able to see a grandchild by one parent allowing the grandparent to spend time with or care for the child during that particular parent's lawful time with the child.

As an aside, it is generally a good idea not to bring children to the court if at all possible (unless there is court ordered visitation) since the courthouse can be very intimidating and traumatic for children.

If I can be of further assistance, please contact me for a complete, low-cost consultation as it seems there may be some factors missing from your question which might well affect the information I have provided here.

My best to you in this difficult situation.