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Family Code Sections 3100-3104 governs the rights of grandparents. It provides that grandparents may be awarded visitation under certain circumstances. Specifically, if a parent is deceased, or if the parties are separated or divorced and if the court determines that visitation by the grandparent is in the best interest of the child. However, courts will assume that the grandparent visitation is not in the best interest of a minor child if the child's parents agree that the grandparent should not be granted visitation rights.

In San Bernardino, Riverside and Hemet, grandparent visitation may not be ordered if it would conflict with a right of custody or visitation of a birth parent that is not a party to the proceeding. In addition, the Court must also:

Find a preexisting relationship between the grandparent and the grandchild that has created a bond such that visitation is in the best interest of the child; and
Determine the best interest of the child by balancing visitation with the grandparent against the right of the parents to exercise their parental authority.

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