The court may, upon miscellaneous petition of a grandparent whose child is deceased, grant reasonable visitation rights of the grandchild or grandchildren to the grandparent, whether or not any divorce or custody proceedings were ever commenced, and may issue all necessary orders to enforce visitation rights.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-5-24.1
Visitation rights of grandparents
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Castagno v. Wholean (1996)
Most recently applied in In the Matter of Estate of Thurgood (August 2006)
P.L. 1980, ch. 104, § 1.
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