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Article: Supreme Court to rule on grandparent visitation rights

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Supreme Court to rule on grandparent visitation rights zB1 By Richard Carelli THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court set the stage Tuesday for an important ruling on grandparents' rights to see their grandchildren even when parents object -- a case that could affect laws in all 50 states.

The nine justices -- six of them with grandchildren of their own -- agreed to decide whether a state can give visitation rights to grandparents when, after a divorce or some other family split, the children's parents say no.

The case involves Washington state, where the state's highest court ruled that such a law violates parents' "fundamental right" to rear their families without ...

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