PA Supreme Court Decision Changes Grandparents’ Ability to Seek Physical

PA Supreme Court Decision Changes Grandparents’ Ability to Seek Physical - Visitation Rights Legal Blogs Posted by Jennifer Ryan - Lawyers.com:

Topic: Child Custody   Visitation Rights  

Prior to Sept. 9, 2016, grandparents in Pennsylvania were able to seek partial physical custody or supervised custody of their grandchildren in the following situations:

1. If a parent of the child is deceased;
2. If the parents of the child were separated for a period of at least six months or had commenced and continued a proceeding to dissolve their marriage; or
3. If the child, for a period of at least 12 consecutive months, resided with the grandparent or great-grandparent, excluding brief temporary absences of the child from the home, and was removed from the home by the parents, and the grandparents filed a complaint within six months of the child being removed from the home.