HB183 Alabama 2010 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Grandparent visitation, one petition per grandparent per 24-month period, parent authorized to petition for amendment or revocation once in 24-month period with respect to each petition awarding visitation, Sec. 30-3-4.1 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, only one petition requesting visitation may be filed by any grandparents of a child within a 24-month period.

This bill would stipulate that a grandparent who petitions for visitation may do so only once every 24 months, but the fact that one grandparent has petitioned for visitation shall not preclude another grandparent for petitioning for visitation within the 24-month period.

Under existing law, a parent may not petition the court for amendment or revocation of visitation granted to a grandparent more than once in a 24-month period except in cases of exceptional circumstances or if abuse is alleged.

This bill would provide that the parent may petition for amendment or revocation of visitation granted with respect to each grandparent who has petitioned for and received visitation no more than once every 24-month period for each order of visitation.

To amend Section 30-3-4.1, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide further for the filing by grandparents of a child of a petition seeking visitation; and to provide that a parent may petition for amendment or revocation of an order granting a grandparent visitation once every 24 months with respect to each order of visitation granted to a grandparent.

Subjects

Family Law