What are my grandparents rights in missouri?

The Missouri court may order grandparent visitation under specific circumstances
Missouri law supports contact between grandparent and grandchild while attempting to encourage parents to resolve family disputes without court intervention. In an attempt to balance these two interests Missouri law permits grandparent visitation only in limited situations. There is no guaranteed right for a grandparent to have visitation with a grandchild. Go to this site for more information. I live in Michigan and there are no grandparent rights. Good Luck.
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If I am understanding you right, your daughter is wanting to put her baby up for adoption. If this is right, I can understand why your daughter is not wanting to sign guardianship papers to you. If your daughter has opted for adoption then you would have no rights because legally you would not have a grandchild.

I know this is very difficult for you and your husband. But adoption is sometimes the most loving thing a mother can do for her baby. She is giving this baby a chance that she may not feel that she can give it herself.

I almost signed adoption papers 17 years ago on my daughter. I was in college and had no way to support a baby. I sat down with my parents and gave them my options and my mother told me that it would hurt to know that she had a grandchild out there that she would never know. But also said that she would back my decision. As the pregnancy progressed, I just feel in love with this baby and knew that if I kept her that I would have alot of help. So I changed my mind. This baby is now 16 and ALL 16. I do not regret keeping her but there have been times....

Your daughter is seeing this as a mistake and if she signs guardianship papers to you then she will feel like this mistake will make her feel alienated from the 2 people who mean more to her than anything, you and her dad. In a sense, you are offering her a lose/lose situation.

Help her with the adoption process. There are wonderful families out there that would love this baby and give it all that it needs. Your daughter will eventually get married and have children for you to love. And this one will always be in your heart and you will always know that he/she will be loved all their lives.

Grandparents in the state of Missouri may intervene in a divorce suit to request visitation. Outside of a divorce suit, the grandparents must have been denied visitation. Grandparents who have been denied visitation can file a petition in the following cases:

•The parents are divorced
•One parent is deceased and the other denied visitation
•The grandparent has been "unreasonably" denied visitation for 90 days or more.
However, if the natural parents are legally married to each other and are living together with the child, a grandparent may not file for visitation under this provision.

Missouri law favors what are sometimes called intact families by stating that if the child's natural parents are legally married and living with the child, they know what is in the best interest of the child. This provision is what as known as a "rebuttable presumption," meaning that in the instance of denied visitation, grandparents will have the burden of proving that it is not true. As in all states, courts are instructed to consider the child's best interest. Missouri statutes allow the court to appoint a guardian ad litem, order a home study or consult with the child in order to determine the child's best interest.

Adoption puts an end to grandparents rights unless the adopting party is a stepparent, a grandparent or a blood relative.

See Missouri statutes.
The baby is not here yet and by the time the mother has the baby she may change her mind about the baby, she maybe depressed right now, the parent(s) have the legal right to decide what they want to do in regards to the baby, and I can see your concern, but if the moter does not want you to have guardianship then she does not have to consent, the court cannot make the mother consent to give you guardianship. My sujestion to you is to just relax and see what happens when the baby is born, you might see a big change in the mother as she gets nearer to the baby being born. She should not be stressed with all this rght now, it will do more harm then good. Your support can make a big difference try just being there for her. Hopefully this will all work out in the long run.