QUESTION
My children's grandparents want to fight me for visitation of my children
Asked on Feb 11th, 2017 on Family Law - Wisconsin
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They are threatening me to take my children and make court nasty because they think I'm keeping my children from them. The grandpa is a registered sex offender their father is currently in jail until April I am primary parent I have physical placement and until recently been on good terms with them always allowing them to see my kids there dad is barely in the picture
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While under Wisconsin law, grandparents can petition to have visitation rights, under the so called "grandparents' visitation statute," this does not allow the court to grant custody/placement rights, only a visitaton schedule, if the court finds that it is in the children's best interest. For a third party, such as a grandparent to wind up with custody/placement, the court would need to make a finding that both parents are unfit and incapable of taking care of the child.
Answered on Feb 12th, 2017 at 5:54 AM
David B. Karp Karp & Iancu, S.C. 933 North Mayfair Road #300 Milwaukee, WI 53226 414 453 0800 dbk@karplawfirm.com www.karplawfirm.com