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Question: My Step-daughter lost custody of my grandson in 2006 and the father has refused visitation by our daughter or by us the grandparents. Is this right or is it against the law for him to not allow us or his mom visitation? If so what recourse does she have and us as grandparents? He says we are not the grandparents because my wife adopted her daughter and because of that we are not blood so we have no rights. Please help I have cancer and would love to see my grandson before anything bad happens to me?

Answer: These types of issues can be very fact specific and your possible courses of action may depend on prior court decisions.  You need to speak with an attorney.  Take all your documents from the custody case with you. 
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