Anonymous wrote:Ignore. But I would tell your kids school/activities that the grand parents are not allowed to pick your kids up or talk to them.

Good point.

Ignore. But I would tell your kids school/activities that the grand parents are not allowed to pick your kids up or talk to them.

Don’t give it a second thought. They can onlh get rights under extraordinary circumstances (one of the parents has to be dead or the parents have to be divorced; grandparents have to prove that a relationship is in best interest of child which would usually be based on having had custody at one time). Grandparents rights are not a thing in America: parents have a fundamental right to decide how to raise our children and courts won’t get involved in something like this.

If their own son doesn’t want them to have contact due a family history of abuse, they will not win.

I’d probably ignore it, but your DH could write a letter detailing the abuse and his concerns as the reason they don’t have contact with the kids. That should shut them up.

They have no rights.

It’s not even worth seeing a lawyer about. Ignore the email. I would be tempted to respond with something like “Good luck!” But really, it’s best just to ignore.

Just ignore it. They have no rights.

- Someone who cut off grandparents

Lol, it’s just another show of f drama to make it look like they are the injured party. Ignore. Do not respond.

Ignore

Anonymous wrote:I actually do remember a few cases where grandparents won visitation rights but none were out of state/once a year grandparents.

Call their bluff and ignore the email (but save it) or write a response saying simply that “you know why we ended communication with you and why we cannot allow you to se Larlo and Larla”.

Ignore. Do NOT respond. There’s a reason you cut these people off. Do NOT engage.
I would not be worried in the least.

I actually do remember a few cases where grandparents won visitation rights but none were out of state/once a year grandparents.

Call their bluff and ignore the email (but save it) or write a response saying simply that “you know why we ended communication with you and why we cannot allow you to se Larlo and Larla”.

Not unless they had previously had custody of them in a way that had them acting like parents for a significant amount of time.

Ha ha ha ha!

Ignore.

It depends on the state. Some have grandparent rights but usually no. Ignore and do not answer.

Talk to a lawyer, but I believe it is quite difficult for them to do across state lines, since different states have different laws. If there is a history of abuse, you could bring that up in any court case. Do they want their dirty laundry aired?

We cut off ties with one set of out of state grandparents last year, we had only seen them once a year for the past decade and there is a long, sad, abusive history. We just got a threatening email from them saying they wanted contact with our elementary school age kids and they would be talking to their lawyer. Can they actually get contact with our kids?