title: Grandparents' legal rights to visitation in the fifty states and the District of Columbia.
abstract: The parameters of legal visitation rights for grandparents in both biological and adoptive parenting situations are explored. Laws in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia are summarized. Suggestions for improvement in the current system are included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: McCrimmon
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Howell
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D004243:Divorce / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States