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THE GOOD NEWS: Colorado recognizes grandparents’ rights, including the rights to custody and visitation of kids in our state.
THE BAD NEWS: Colorado’s laws regarding grandparents’ rights are more restrictive than many.
THE GROUNDS FOR GRANDPARENT VISITATION
One of the following requirements must be met:
- The parents have divorced, or;
- Custody of the grandchild has been given to someone other than the parents, or
- The grandchild’s parent passed away, and the deceased parent is also the child of the grandparent.
THE GROUNDS FOR AWARDING CUSTODY TO A GRANDPARENT
One of the following requirements must be met:
- The grandchild is not living with either legal parent.
- The grandchild has lived with the grandparent for at least six months, and the filing occurs within six months of the grandparent’s care.
- Custody of the grandchild has been given to someone other than the legal parents.
THE FACTS NATIONWIDE
- In 1990, approximately 5% of all children in the United State lived with grandparents – nearly 1 out of every 20 households with children.
- In 1990 there were 58 million grandparents in the United States. Since 1990, the number of grandparents has nearly doubled.
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