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Cut Off by Your Adult Child? Fox News Has Answers (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Canada:

Four provinces, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta and New Brunswick, as well as Yukon, have legislation specifically providing for grandparent access. Other provincial legislation as well as the federal Divorce Act allow for access applications by people other than parents without explicitly mentioning grandparents.

US (also from the above link): Grandparents can petition for visitation but it had to be in the best interest of the child, i.e. established relationship plus other factors. "Fit" parents are generally given the right to decide.

Not sure about other places.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Four provinces, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta and New Brunswick, as well as Yukon, have legislation specifically providing for grandparent access.

That's horrifying considering how many grandparents likely don't have access due to their own abusive or toxic personalities.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

If you read the article, it's mostly about visitation to maintain an existing relationship after a divorce, rather than mandating visits between toxic grandparents and their grandkids above the objections of the parents.