Blog: Visitation
- Grandparent Visitation Rights in New Jersey
Aug 9, 2024
Under the Grandparent and Sibling Visitation Act, N.J.S.A. 9:2-7.1 (the Act), and the legal principles set forth in Moriarity v. Bradt, 177 N.J. 84, 118 (2003), courts must undertake a two-step analysis to decide a grandparent's application to visit a grandchild over the objection of a fit parent. Essentially, the grandparents must first prove that the denial of visitation will harm the child. This is not a best interest analysis that is conducted in regular...Read More