Grandparents should be able to get a court order to visit their grandchildren. They take great pride and joy in their grandchildren, wanting to help the children's parents. While Ohio law only allows grandparents to seek visitation if the parents divorce, one parent dies, or the child is born out of wedlock, grandparents often feel a "living death" when denied access. However, mediation between parents and grandparents could help resolve disputes without legal action, as recommended in an article about multigenerational mediation.

1. Great Grandma Irwin: “It’s been awhile since you kids have
played ball…if you call them up they’ll come over and play
ball with you…I like seeing you kids happy.”
Me: It has been awhile since we last played kickball.
Great Grandma Irwin: “Yah.. well.. it’s been awhile since I’ve
been happy.

2. I believe, grandparents should be able to get a court order
to visit and maintain a relationship with their
grandchildren, because their grandchildren are their pride
and joy, they want to be helpful towards the parents of the
children.
According to (http://www.lsc.state.oh.us/), “In
Ohio, grandparents are ONLY permitted to get a court order for
visitation: (1) when married parents terminate their marriage or
separate,
(2) when a parent of a child dies, and (3) when the child is born
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3. According to (http://www.grandparents.com/)
• 72% think being a grandparent is the single most
important and satisfying thing in their life
• 90% enjoy talking about their grandkids to just about
everyone
In an article titled, How does a grandparent cope when
denied access to their grandchildren, by Sheree
Zielke, she says:
• “It's been called, the "living death." I can't credit the
originator of that thought, but it is a perfect description
for the pain a grandparent feels when denied access to
their grandchild. The world becomes a thick gray blanket
of hurt, so heavy and so cloying, it sometimes seems
impossible to get out of bed. Let alone, get dressed and
get on with daily life.”(from http://www.a-better-child.org/)
Grandchildren are their Pride and Joy

4. (http://thesocietypages.org)
To Help The Parents

5. Although I agree that if grandparents do not
respect the parents wishes, according to the
article, Multigenerational Approaches to Family
Mediation by Edward Kruk, there is another
alternative rather than immediate legal action, the
article says, “Mediation is seen as having
considerable potential in the resolution of
grandparent-grandchild access difficulties. Mediation
is a form of counseling which uses a third party’s
involvement.” I believe this alternative would help
settle many disputes between parents and
grandparents to help cut down the need for legal
involvement.
"Other things may change us, but we start and
end with the family.” ~ Anthony Brandt