Are you a loving grandparent searching for a grandparent’s rights attorney in New Mexico? If so, we understand the joy that comes from a loving grandparent-child relationship. Unfortunately, at times, this joy is destroyed when a loving grandparent is wrongfully denied visitation.
For many reasons, amazing grandparents sometimes are denied access, time, and communication with their grandchildren. At times, this denial stems from a divorce or broken relationship. All too often, the beneficial relationship between a grandparent and grandchildren is broken without any legitimate cause.
Are you a New Mexico grandparent that is being denied the ability to visit your grandchildren? If so, you need to contact an experienced grandparent’s rights attorney/lawyer in New Mexico.
DO GRANDPARENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO VISITAITON WITH THEIR GRANDCHILDREN IN NEW MEXICO?
Unfortunately, grandparents are not entitled to visitation/communication because of their family ties to a child. With that said, if grandparent visitation is granted, the court order must be followed. Consequently, parents that violate the grandparent visitation order may be hit with court sanctions. In some situations, grandparent visitation is based on complex legal requirements. Therefore, it is essential to speak with an experienced grandparent’s rights attorney/lawyer in New Mexico.
WHEN WHILL NEW MEXICO COURTS GRANT GRANDPARENTS’ VISITATION RIGHTS?
Are you looking to establish grandparent visitation rights? If so, our attorneys/lawyers have the experience to guide you through the legal process. New Mexico courts can award grandparent visitation/communication if the following factors are present:
- The child is involved with a divorce, legal separation, or parentage case;
- One or both parents are deceased;
- The child was under 6 and lived with the grandparent for at least 3 months;
- The child was over 6 and lived with the grandparent for at least 6 months; or
- A child has been adopted, or an adoption is sought.
Does your situation fall under one of the situations above? Great. If so, you have the legal ability to request grandparent visitation in New Mexico.
With that said, even if one of more of the factors above are present, the court’s decision is based on the child’s best interests. In other words, the court is primarily concerned with the child’s best interests – not the grandparent’s “rights.”
Accordingly, the court examines the following factors:
- The child and grandparent’s relationship;
- Grandparent’s stability;
- Grandparent and child’s bonding;
- Substance abuse, mental health, or domestic violence issues;
- Any other factor impacting the child’s best interests.
WINNING GRANDPARENT VISITAITON IN NEW MEXICO
As we have seen, a grandparent must meet one of the factors listed above. Additionally, the court’s final decision is based on a child’s best interests. Here are some facts that can prove grandparent visitation is in your grandchild’s best interests:
- You are deeply bonded with your grandchild;
- A positive relationship exists between you and your grandchild;
- Your desire for grandparent visitation is not based on “winning” or “beating” someone;
- The parent’s basis for denying visitation is shady;
- A history of time spent between you and your grandchild; or
- Your grandchild desires to have contact and visitation with a loving grandparent.
CONTACT A GRANDPARENT’S RIGHTS ATTORNEY/LAWYER IN NEW MEXICO
Are you a grandparent seeking guardianship or visitation with a grandchild? Alternatively, are you a parent that wants to prevent grandparent visitation? If so, you need an experienced grandparent visitation attorney in Albuquerque, New Mexico. An experienced grandparent attorney understands New Mexico Kinship Guardianship laws. Moreover, an experienced grandparent rights attorney has extensive understating of the legal process impacting grandparents.
Our attorneys can help you understand your rights. In doing so, our attorneys will help you to present the best case possible. In the end, the relationship between you and your grandchild is too important to trust with an inexperienced attorney.
GRANDPARENT’S RIGHTS ATTORNEY/LAWYER IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Matthew Sanchez is an experienced grandparent visitation attorney in Albuquerque, NM. For more than a decade, Sanchez has handled child custody all across New Mexico, including: Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Los Lunas/Belen, Gallup/Grants, Estancia/Socorro, and Taos. Additionally, Sanchez has handled guardianship cases all across New Mexico. Sanchez’s experience includes: Albuquerque, Belen/Los Lunas, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Socorro, and Taos. Talk to a seasoned and successful guardianship and grandparent visitation lawyer/attorney. Talk to (505) SANCHEZ.
Grandparent’s Rights Attorney in New Mexico
