My question involves a child custody case from the State of: UTAH
I'll try and keep this short, I appreciate all of your time and advice very much! Thank you in advance.
My mother in law is threatening to petition the courts for grandparent visitation rights, as she doesn't feel we allow her enough time with our children.
My wife and I married, and fit parents, with no issues supporting and caring for our kids.
The grandparent in question has had no custodial roll in any of the childrens' lives.
We have never actually denied her visitation, in fact she drops in unannounced several times a year and we invite her in and visit with her.
The issue comes with her behavior towards my wife and I. Just recently we had a nice short visit with her and she got to see the kids. Eventually I went to put the kids to bed, and heard her yelling at my wife and calling her profane names. Obviously she was told in no uncertain terms to leave our home if that is how she is going to act.
She has a history of being emotionally abuse to my wife, and calling both of us profane names on more than a few occasions. Over the last 15 years that I've known her, I have almost always seen my wife in tears after she speaks with her on the phone or in person. We have some saved recordings and documents showing her behavior. She seems like she may be bi-polar or have some other disorder. She is divorced, and has declared herself a lesbian, and now lives with her partner.
We try to be polite so long as she behaves herself and respects our boundaries, but we don't tolerate her abuse towards my wife. Additionally, our children are young and we aren't ready to talk about homosexuality with them yet, and would prefer she not bring that up with them. She also has opposite views on faith and morality than we do, and we are concerned about what she may try to teach our children if we are not present.
So, in short, we worry about her effect on our children if she is granted unsupervised time with them. As I mentioned, we have never denied her visits but have limited her contact in terms of not seeking her out often. We are fine with her visiting the children in our home with one or both of us present.
Does she have any leg to stand on?
Thanks again for your time.
I'll try and keep this short, I appreciate all of your time and advice very much! Thank you in advance.
My mother in law is threatening to petition the courts for grandparent visitation rights, as she doesn't feel we allow her enough time with our children.
My wife and I married, and fit parents, with no issues supporting and caring for our kids.
The grandparent in question has had no custodial roll in any of the childrens' lives.
We have never actually denied her visitation, in fact she drops in unannounced several times a year and we invite her in and visit with her.
The issue comes with her behavior towards my wife and I. Just recently we had a nice short visit with her and she got to see the kids. Eventually I went to put the kids to bed, and heard her yelling at my wife and calling her profane names. Obviously she was told in no uncertain terms to leave our home if that is how she is going to act.
She has a history of being emotionally abuse to my wife, and calling both of us profane names on more than a few occasions. Over the last 15 years that I've known her, I have almost always seen my wife in tears after she speaks with her on the phone or in person. We have some saved recordings and documents showing her behavior. She seems like she may be bi-polar or have some other disorder. She is divorced, and has declared herself a lesbian, and now lives with her partner.
We try to be polite so long as she behaves herself and respects our boundaries, but we don't tolerate her abuse towards my wife. Additionally, our children are young and we aren't ready to talk about homosexuality with them yet, and would prefer she not bring that up with them. She also has opposite views on faith and morality than we do, and we are concerned about what she may try to teach our children if we are not present.
So, in short, we worry about her effect on our children if she is granted unsupervised time with them. As I mentioned, we have never denied her visits but have limited her contact in terms of not seeking her out often. We are fine with her visiting the children in our home with one or both of us present.
Does she have any leg to stand on?
Thanks again for your time.
Grandparents and Third Parties: Utah: Grandparent Visitation Rights with Married Parents
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