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Word Count: 1049 Visitation Rights Parental visitation rights are such a large issue in today’s society due to the high rates of divorce, yet no one really seems to notice that parents are not the only ones going to court for visitation rights these days. I recently read an essay concerning rights of visitation by grandparents, aunts, uncles, and even non-related acquaintances that may be able to prove that they once had an impacting relationship with the child. The essay was written by Richard S. Victor, an attorney and founder of the Grandparents Rights Organization. Victor is a firm believer that “family” includes the grandparents and there should be absolutely no reason that they be denied to see their grandchildren after a divorce, remarriage, or death. He realizes that the reality of “family” has changed significantly over the recent decades and the traditional nuclear family has eroded but says that grandparent-visitation laws did not create this erosion. Instead, more complicated family structures have evolved due to divorce, single-parent families, blended families, parents who have given children up to caretakers, and parents being deemed unfit and the children getting taken away. Victor said it b