Grandparent Rights in Colorado

I live out of state and the child's father and paternal grandmother live in CO. I have full legal and physical custody. The father has chosen to not play a role in the child's life, but pretty regularly pays child support (per Colorado court order, 2010 and 2011). For about 6 months or so my child would video chat with the grandmother every weekend. I have stopped allowing communication due to minor differences. The father and grandmother have only been around my daughter on four occasions. The paternal grandmother is now threatening me with court and grandparents rights. For the past few weeks she has been calling my boyfriend and his family to slander my name and harass them.

I am just wondering what my rights are as a mother with full custody? What are her rights as a grandmother? If I were to ever move back to Colorado how would that change things?

Ignore her completely.

If you're served, do come back and tell us - because Grandma has virtually no chance of getting her own visitation rights.

If she wants to see your daughter, she can push Dad to exercise his rights and see her during Dad's parenting time. In the small chance of her actually filing something, agree to NOTHING if you have to go to mediation. Not a thing. Make her prove the case.

I don't think you have anything to worry about.

So, block her number. You're under no obligation whatsoever to even entertain her existence. Check out other threads on Grandparent visitation, for the state which has jurisdiction over the matter.

Grandparents with good intentions don't threaten to sue the parents - and she'd be suing her son, too, btw.

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Quoting Dogmatique

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Ignore her completely.

If you're served, do come back and tell us - because Grandma has virtually no chance of getting her own visitation rights.

If she wants to see your daughter, she can push Dad to exercise his rights and see her during Dad's parenting time. In the small chance of her actually filing something, agree to NOTHING if you have to go to mediation. Not a thing. Make her prove the case.

I don't think you have anything to worry about.

So, block her number. You're under no obligation whatsoever to even entertain her existence. Check out other threads on Grandparent visitation, for the state which has jurisdiction over the matter.

Grandparents with good intentions don't threaten to sue the parents - and she'd be suing her son, too, btw.

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I agree with this advice and will add the following:

She CANNOT sue you in Colorado. Even if the case between you and your ex has Colorado jurisdiction, she would have to sue you in the state of the child's current legal residence.