Grandparents: The Other Victims of Divorce and Custody Disputes : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Human Services of the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983 - Children of divorced parents |
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... BIAGGI , New York , Chairman LARRY E. CRAIG , Idaho ROBERT B. BLANCATO , Majority Staff Director JOHN E. VIHSTADT , Minority Staff Director 83-601259 113183 BN28 Day 83 KF27 .5 A36 19822 CONTENTS Chairman. EDWARD R. ROYBAL , California ...
... BIAGGI , New York , Chairman LARRY E. CRAIG , Idaho ROBERT B. BLANCATO , Majority Staff Director JOHN E. VIHSTADT , Minority Staff Director 83-601259 113183 BN28 Day 83 KF27 .5 A36 19822 CONTENTS Chairman. EDWARD R. ROYBAL , California ...
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... Biaggi . Matthew J. Rinaldo William J. Hughes .. Norman D. Shumway . Geraldine A. Ferraro .. MEMBERS ' OPENING STATEMENTS Tom Lantos Barbara A. Mikulski . CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Page 1 4 6 8 9 10 11 Hon . Dolores G. Cooper ...
... Biaggi . Matthew J. Rinaldo William J. Hughes .. Norman D. Shumway . Geraldine A. Ferraro .. MEMBERS ' OPENING STATEMENTS Tom Lantos Barbara A. Mikulski . CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Page 1 4 6 8 9 10 11 Hon . Dolores G. Cooper ...
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... BIAGGI Mr. BIAGGI . The hearing is called to order . As chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Services I am pleased to convene this morning's hearing entitled " Grandpar- ents - The Other Victims of Divorce and Custody Disputes . " I ...
... BIAGGI Mr. BIAGGI . The hearing is called to order . As chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Services I am pleased to convene this morning's hearing entitled " Grandpar- ents - The Other Victims of Divorce and Custody Disputes . " I ...
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... Biaggi for convening this hearing today , and also my distinguished colleague from New Jersey , Congressman Hughes , for initiating this hearing . I think the issue of visitation rights for grandparents and their grandchildren is a ...
... Biaggi for convening this hearing today , and also my distinguished colleague from New Jersey , Congressman Hughes , for initiating this hearing . I think the issue of visitation rights for grandparents and their grandchildren is a ...
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Page 97 - The reasonable preference of the child, if the court deems the child to be of sufficient age to express preference.
Page 79 - If either the father or mother of an unmarried minor child is deceased, the children, parents, and the grandparents of such deceased person may be granted reasonable visitation rights to the minor child during its minority by the superior court upon a finding that such visitation rights would be in the best interests of the minor child.
Page 81 - Children have difficulty in relating positively to, profiting from, and maintaining the contact with two psychological parents who are not in positive contact with each other. Loyalty conflicts are common and normal under such conditions and may have devastating consequences by destroying the child's positive relationships to both parents. A "visiting
Page 73 - I write only to underscore the cultural myopia of the arbitrary boundary drawn by the East Cleveland ordinance in the light of the tradition of the American home that has been a feature of our society since our beginning as a Nation — the "tradition" in the plurality's words, "of uncles, aunts, cousins, and especially grandparents sharing a household along with parents and children.
Page 73 - Our decisions establish that the Constitution protects the sanctity of the family precisely because the institution of the family is deeply rooted in this Nation's history and tradition.
Page 97 - The court shall consider all relevant factors including: (1) the wishes of the child's parent or parents as to his custody; (2) the wishes of the child as to his custodian; (3) the interaction and interrelationship of the child with his parent or parents, his siblings, and any other person who may significantly affect the child's best interest; (4) the child's adjustment to his home, school, and community; and (5) the mental and physical health of all individuals involved.
Page 80 - In granting visitation rights to persons other than the parents of the decedent, the court shall consider the amount of personal contact between such persons and the minor child prior to the application for the order granting them visitation rights. (c) This section shall not apply if the child has been adopted by a person other than a stepparent or grandparent. Any visitation rights granted pursuant to this section prior to the adoption of the child shall be automatically terminated upon such adoption.
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Page 79 - Reasonable visitation rights shall be awarded to a parent unless it is shown that such visitation would be detrimental to the best interests of the child.
Page 79 - The court may assign the custody of any child to either parent, or to a third party, according to its best judgment upon the facts of the case and subject to such conditions and limitations as it deems equitable.