The Next Parental Rights Battle Is Coming From Inside The Family

At a Byron Donalds campaign stop in Kissimmee, Florida, last week, a grandmother took the microphone to ask the Republican gubernatorial candidate a question about “grandparent rights.” She told Donalds, “I have not seen my grandson since August 7th of this year. And I want to know what can happen to get the fix, because it’s because of pettiness, because I refuse to babysit, because I had plans, and that’s why I’m not seeing my grandson. And so I would like for you to do something, or at least direct me to the right people.”

The right people, she explained, were legislators who could force her grandson’s parents to allow visitation. She went on, “We could do a federal law on this so it’d be nationwide, because grandparents should be able to see their grandchildren.”