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Grandparent Rights & Responsibilities

• Grandparent Liability: Child Support Bulletin (WI Bureau of Child Support)
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (USA.gov)
  Includes benefits & assistance, health & safety resources, reports & publications, and state resources.
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (AARP)
• Wisconsin’s Legal Guide For Grandparents & Other Relatives Raising Children (AARP)
• Visitation
  • Visitation by grandparents and other third parties (WI Legislative Council)
  • Grandparent Visitation Opinion: No Requirement of Significant Triggering Event (WI Opinion: 2011 WI App 122)

The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

• WI Statutes: s. 48.978 "Appointment or Designation of Standby Guardian of a Child"
• WI Statutes: s. 49.90 Grandchild Support: Grandparent Liability Law
• WI Statutes: s. 54.56 "Visitation by a Minor's Grandparents and Stepparents"
• WI Statutes: s. 767.43 "Visitation Rights of Certain Persons" (effective Jan. 1, 2007)
  Sections of ch. 767 affected by 2005 Wis. Act 443 are available at the end of the Act PDF
• WI Statutes: s. 948.22 Failure to Support, Grandchild Support

Search for more statutes, regulations & opinions.

County Resources

Recommended links from our County Resources database:

• Court Forms

  • Petition for grandparent visitation and third-party visitation rights (Waukesha Clerk of Court)

  • Guides

    • Visitation Rights of Other Persons (Waukesha Clerk of Court)
  Last Updated: October 17, 2012 | Up to Top