Court to look at when grandparents’ visitation rights can infringe on children’s well-being

Tomorrow on 7 November the Supreme Court in the U.S. state of Wisconsin will hear oral arguments in a grandparent-visitation case Michels v. Lyons 2017AP1142. This case affords the U.S. Supreme Court an opportunity to affect the law in an important and highly emotional area.

In the case Jill Kelsey filed a petition to compel her son (the child’s father) and the mother to provide her with additional visitation time with her granddaughter Ann. Kelsey had been allowed time with Ann but by agreement of the parents it had been reduced. The parents told the court that Kelsey had allowed Ann to ride a horse without a helmet and at age 4 to sip alcohol.

Although there was no allegation that the parents were not fit the court granted visitation to Kelsey one Sunday a month and one week...

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