OK the father of my child passed away TODAY!!! My son is only 15 months old so he doesn't know whats going on. The father had a stroke. Anyone that knows Alabama laws on what happens now please help.
I am possitive that the Father's mother is soley responisbale for the custody agreement. Now that the Father has passed away I need to know if the Grandmother has any rights. I have every intention on keeping the grandmother in the childs life but not as much. We live out of town and I have been court ordered to drive back everyother weekend to bring the child to his father from 12 noon Saturday till 4pm Sunday.
My plans are to change the plans to every third weekend for the same amount of time and the same holidays.
Does anyone have any info on any laws that I should know about???!!!???
Also any Georgia Laws would help since I live in Georgia now. I don't know which court it would be seen in since we went to Alabama Court but now live in Georgia??!!??
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Sorry to hear about the death.
Visitation rights are not hereditary, so the Court-ordered visitation is over.
The grandmother may have legal rights - every state is different.
But you can largely avoid having that discussion if you make an effort to keep the grandmother included in the child's life. This would also be good for the child's mental health, of course.
Let things settle down a bit after the funeral, then I would suggest having a talk with the grandmother to see what schedule you two can work out that's mutually convenient.
You dont say if the grandmother is on the court documents or not-I would go back to court and have the agreement terminated due to his passing-and then let the grandmother take you to court-You may want to go file for sole custody of your child and go to social security office to file for survivor benefits for the baby before the grandmom does-Good Luck.
No, the grandmother has NO rights to see the child. Unless, of course, it was stated in your previous custody agreement with your child's father.
your childs father died TODAY as you put it,and all you are concerned about is visitation rights???