- Jurisdiction
- Missouri
my granddaughters who are 3 and 4 in two months. Here is the background story. My son's girlfriend is a heroin addict who was arrested a year ago for shoplifting, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance. She was given a year probation. Recently, my son called me and asked me to come over and help with the girls and informed me that his girlfriend had left the house, lied about who she was with and where she was going and withdrew money out of their account. He was very sure that she was out trying to score. He was very angry and desperately trying to get a hold of her. She finally returned home and became very angry that I was there and began to verbally attack me, saying I had planted these thoughts in my son's head which I absolutely did not. I left with my son's reassurance that he would not let her keep the girls from me which she has done before. My son is an enabler and the next day decided he shouldn't have involved me and proceeded to tell me he believed her story about where she was at. I confronted her about her addiction and she became enraged and cussed me out. She harassed me with repeated texts and harassed my 18 year old daughter as well. I tried to see the girls once in the last two months and was met with her trying to physically attack me and spitting in my face. I got in my car and left and have not talked to either one of them since.
My question is this, in the state of Missouri do grandparents have the right to ask the court to grant them visitation with their grandchildren? I do want to retain an attorney and inflame the situation even more if when I get to court, I find the judge will just agree with the parents decision to not let me see the girls.
My question is this, in the state of Missouri do grandparents have the right to ask the court to grant them visitation with their grandchildren? I do want to retain an attorney and inflame the situation even more if when I get to court, I find the judge will just agree with the parents decision to not let me see the girls.