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What are examples of third parties who might be granted custody or visitation?
What are examples of third parties who might be granted custody or visitation?
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third parties who may have standing to
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seek custody of a child include
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persons with whom a child’s been living
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for a certain period of time without the
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consistent participation of a parent or
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other interested third parties
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as an example
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say a parent has placed a two-year-old
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child
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with their parent with the grandparent
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of the child and essentially abandoned
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the child there so that the grandparent
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has been the primary caregiver for the
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child
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for say nine months
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that grandparent may have standing to
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seek custody of the child as what’s
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called a de facto custodian
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third parties may also have a right to
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seek visitation with the child even if
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they don’t have standing to seek custody
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an example of a third party who may have
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standing to seek visitation of a child
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would be
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a situation in which a parent has died
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that parent’s own parents or
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grandparents may have standing to seek
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visitation of the child
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if the court finds that visitation is in
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the child’s best interest
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and that the visitation would not
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interfere with the child’s parent-child
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relationship with the living parent
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another example is a situation where
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there’s a step parent particularly where
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the step parent has been residing with
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with the child as well
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that step parent may have standing to
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seek visitation with the child
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even if
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they are
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going through a separation or a divorce
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from the child’s biological parent
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Minneapolis, MN family law attorney Micaela Wattenbarger shares examples of third parties who might be granted custody or visitation.
