The rights of grandparents are governed by Colorado Revised Statute §19-1-117. A maternal or paternal grandparent of a child may seek a court order granting grandparent reasonable visitation rights when there is or has been a judicial intervention into the marriage of the child’s parents, a judicial placement of the child(ren) outside their family, or the death of the grandparent’s child.
A maternal or paternal grandparent of a child cannot seek a court order granting grandparent reasonable visitation rights under the following circumstances since they do not have standing to request visitation:
- If parental rights of the child have been terminated.
- If the child has been placed for adoption or the adoption has been legally finalized.
- If the parents of the child have not participated in a Domestic Relations, Juvenile or Probate case.