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Denver Grandparent Rights Lawyers

Are you a grandparent and are not sure about your legal rights?

Watson & Associates family law practice has successfully assisted Colorado grandparents seeking to establish custody and visitation and other matters pertaining to grandchildren, Colorado statutory rights and other children’s matters. There some complex situations where you would need representation from skilled and qualified family law attorneys.

Grandparent visitation in general

Grandparents under Colorado family law are allowed statutory visitation under C.R.S. 19-2-117. You may be granted visitation or custody rights if there is or has been a custody case or case concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities. The Denver law firm of Watson & Associates, LLC can provide sound expertise and representation in:

Family Member Rights Overview

In Colorado other family members, such as grandparents can seek parenting time (visitation) with the children from the court. Our Denver child custody and family law attorneys are experienced in this area of practice. In addition, dependency and neglect (D&N) cases present some stressful issues for parent and other family members.

We can preserve you legal rights in:

Fighting for statutory relations between children and grandparents.
Fighting for child custody
Child abuse
Grandparent visitation
Dependency and neglect case
Some Juvenile matters

Grandparent Visitation Rights

Colorado provides for grandparent custody rights in there has been a case concerning the children. Sometimes social services is involved and you need the help of an attorney. There is a presumption that it also within the child’s best interest to have a strong relationship with the grandparents. The parents of either spouse can seek a court order from a Colorado court for reasonable grandparent visitation rights when there has been a child custody case or a case concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities. The guidelines of C.R.S.A. 19-1-117(1) will apply.

The court will generally allow grandparent visitation rights if it would be in the best interest of the child. (C.R.S.A 19-1-117(2). A skillful Colorado grandparent or other family lawyer should try to resolve the issue between the family members in effort to minimize heated cases. However, at times this is not possible.

Do I need an attorney?

Colorado grandparent rights law does not mandate that you must have an attorney to represent you. However, issues that may arise needing the help of an attorney can be the extent of your time for custody and visitation against the time of the parents. Disputes can also arise where on of the parents already have limited parenting time and now will be reduced more due to grand parent visitation. Our family law attorneys can represent your position in these matters.

Enhance your grandchild’s life

As grandparents, you may be the person that enhance your grandchild’s life and present a better future. Our Denver lawyers will educate you on your rights, seek the help of the court to enforce you rights and get you child visitation. We work diligently to protect your interest.

We have successfuly fought for child custody rights

Sometimes grandparents and other family members want to intervene to handle the child’s best interest. Our attorneys have handled complex matters pertaining to child visitation and undertsand Colorado law. For comlex matters, our law firm performs the legal research to build a strong case on your behalf.

Watson & Associates understands that a solid family relationship is key.

Colorado family law realizes that a child’s best interest is furthered when there is a strong relationship between materal and paternal granparents. When there is a dispute between the parents and grandparents, our attorneys try to reduce conflict as much as possible. However, we are willing to litigate the issues before a Denver, Colorado family law court.

We foster better relationships between grandparents and juveniles, and parents seeking custody rights of their grandchildren. If you need an attorney to fight for your rights, Contact Watson & Associates, LLC at (720) 941-7200.

We represent clients throughout Colorado

Our Colorado family lawyers serve grandparents in Aurora, Adams, Alamosa, Arapahoe, Archuleta, Baca, Boulder, Broomfield, Chaffee, Cheyenne, Clear Creek, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Delta, Denver, Douglas, Eagle, Elbert, El Paso, Fremont, Garfield, Gilpin, Grand, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, Lake County, Larimer County, Las Animas, Lincoln, Logan, Mesa county, Mineral, Moffat, Morgan, Otero, Ouray, Phillips, Pitkin County, Prowers, Pueblo County, Rio Grande, Routt, Saguache, Miguel, Sedgwick, Summit County, Teller County, Weld County, South Denver, East Denver, Parker and surrounding areas.

Dependency and Neglect

Sometimes there are cases where social services are involved and there may be allegations of child abuse or child neglect. These cases are generally referred to as Dependency and Neglect cases (D&N). If you are a grandparent or other family member seeking a Denver family law attorney or juvenile lawyer to represent you, call us to set up your FREE consultation at (720) 941-7200. Our attorneys are prepared to assist family members seeking to establish better relationships with children or juveniles in Denver Colorado.

Our dependency and neglect attorney can help you with this type of case. Contact us at (720) 941.7200

Call our Denver Grandparent rights attorneys today