Grandparent Visitation

The Appellate Division held that the matter should return to the trial Court to interview the child and any necessary proceedings..

The paternal Grandmother was denied the right to visit with her teenage Granddaughter. The application was opposed by the child's paternal aunt and uncle (who have cared for the child in their home since 2004 when her now-deceased mother became unable to do so)

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In a  Decision – Slawinski v. Nicholas (a "Reported Decision") >>   the Court Held:

If the Court ordered Grandparent Visitation, then a Court must alter the ordered Grandparent Visitation and then upon a Change in Circumstances.

The parent's effort terminate a grandparent's visitation, which had been allowed pursuant to a consent order do not empower a parent to terminate or modify a consent order unilaterally. Rather, a request to modify or terminate visitation by consent order must be based upon a showing of changed circumstances as would warrant relief. Then, the parent bears the burden to show the modification or termination would not cause harm to the child.
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