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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1982
This document presents the transcripts from the congressional hearing which addressed four basic issues: (1) visitation rights of grandparents following divorce and custody settlements; (2) the enactment of a federal law to guarantee these rights in the eight states which have no laws; (3) the necessity of a federal law to bring uniformity to the…
Descriptors: Divorce, Federal Legislation, Grandchildren, Grandparents
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1985
This document is a report on a resolution recommending that states develop and adopt a Uniform Grandparent's Visitation Act which would allow grandparents to petition state courts for the right to visit their grandchildren after the dissolution of the grandchildren's parents' marriage (by divorce, separation, or death). The resolution calls for…
Descriptors: Divorce, Family Relationship, Grandchildren, Grandparents