Topic : 06/05 Family Court Battles

I think the only people that should have the right to make decisions abouth the childs best intrest should be the mother and the father! If neither want the child to have contact with the grandparents then that shouldn't be an issue for the courts or anybody else! The only time the grandparents should have that right is if both parents are deceased or if neither are fit take care for the child! Sometimes I believe the court system has more control over your child than the actual parents! I think the only time the courts should be involed is in custody  cases!

Hi Gloria, so nice to see you on the show today; I'm a big fan of yours.

Joy to you!

My daughter is going through the same thing, only with her mother-in-law. My son-in-law finally realized how crazed and obsessed his mother is and has since sided with my daughter.  My daughter has been put through hell and back by this woman from the time she had her first child. She loves her husband and refuses to let this woman destroy her family for the second time. However, this fight is costing them money they don't have and a whole lot of unnecessary stress, she's 8mo pregnant. This woman is a controlling, manipulative, conniving and cunning and yes I warned my daughter but she choose this woman's son anyway. This woman does this with all her children but she really became enraged when my daughter told her to leave her family alone. Things really got bad when she found out the kids were moving and that my daughter was pregnant again. She then cornered my daughter into a confrontation and accused my daughter of assault. It has been a court battle ever since. Further damage came when my son-in-law (with good intentions) hired a vending machine lawyer to represent my daughter. We have since hired a competent lawyer to try to rectify the damage and reverse the visitation order. Since then the kids have relocated to a better place, job and home but the battle goes on with no end in site. Just recently they where served with a new court order by a different judge who obviously has no clue of what the other judge said. To make matters worse this woman called the sheriff's department where they live now and made some serious allegations against my daughter for the um tenth time. According to the grand-parental law if the parents are in jail or mentally unstable the grandparent has a right to the children. Clearly this woman has forgotten that I am around. I feel that in a situation where the children are well cared for by the parents the courts should not intervene on the grandparents behalf. Hiring a lawyer isn't cheap and it's literally taking the food out of their mouths, only a selfish person would do this. Grandparents are suppose to hold a special place if there is a bond with the children there will be a bound with the grandkids too.  When a grandparent  has to go through this extent what makes anyone think they can build a good relationship with the grandchildren.