Family Court

    Why you would need to go to family court to reconnect with your child or grandchild.How a judge’s decisions in family court can affect your rights as a parent or grandparent.How a judge will decide if you can have custody or visitation with your child or grandchild, and how the rights of parents are different from the rights of grandparents in family court.Which convictions may bar you from reconnecting with your child or grandchild in family court.How you can show a judge in family court that custody or visitation with you is in the “best interest of the child.”How to show mitigating circumstances related to your criminal record.How to reconnect with your child or grandchild without going to family court.

  1. What is family court?

  2. Why would I go to family court to reconnect with my child or grandchild?

  3. How can a judge’s decision in family court affect my rights as a parent?

  4. How can a judge’s decision in family court affect my rights as a grandparent?

  5. How will a family court judge decide if I get custody or visitation with my child or grandchild?

  6. Are there any convictions that will automatically ban me from reconnecting with my child or grandchild in family court?

  7. What can I show the family court judge that custody or visitation with me is in the “best interest of the child”?

  8. What can I do to show mitigating circumstances related to my criminal record?

  9. What are alternatives to reconnecting with my child/grandchild without going to family court?