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Rob Andrews: “Most American grandparents would believe that after a hard fought, very difficult, painful and expensive process of…”

On the recordJuly 14, 1998
Most American grandparents would believe that after a hard fought, very difficult, painful and expensive process of winning the right to visit their grandchildren in State court that they have won that right permanently, or at least until some negative circumstance occurs. Many of them have been shocked and chagrined to find out that that is not the case. Very often, when the child moves to another State, the rights of the grandparents evaporate. This legislation, which is based upon legislation I authored last year, will solve that problem. It will say that if grandparents have rights to visit their grandchild in New Jersey or North Carolina or Massachusetts, then they have those rights irrespective of where the child lives. If the child moves to Arizona or Pennsylvania or to another State, the rights move with the child.
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Rob Andrews
Democratic · New Jersey
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Discussing legislation to protect grandparents' visitation rights across state lines.

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