Dear Representative, I am writing this letter regarding Senator Campbell's once again proposed grandparent visitation law SB100.
Grandparents have legal standing to seek judicial enforcement of such an award.
A court may not order that a child be kept within the state or jurisdiction of the court solely for the purpose of permitting visitation by the grandparents. This bill deeply concerns me especially in light of last year's United States Supreme Court Ruling. SB 0100 directly violates our federal Constitution and the ruling recently handed down by the highest court in the land not to mention Florida's own Supreme Court. Unfortunately grandparent visitation laws are being abused by grandparents trying to get their foot in the door to eventually seek custody of their grandchildren from fit parents, others sue out of sheer spite and control claiming to have a bond with the child. And lastly, we have the grandparent who has meddled for quite some time in the marriage of their son or daughter, and when the divorce finally occurs, the last issue to tie up is who has say-so over the grandchildren.