Colorado state does not see grandparents’ desire to have contact with their grandchildren as a right. Grandparents can however petition for visitation if certain criteria are filled, most of which are based on the legal principle of the ‘best interests of the child’. If the child has been taken from the parents, for instance, the courts might think it a good idea for the child to have some continuity with their family. Other criteria include cases in which one of the parents dies, or the parents have divorced.
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