Abstract
In many cultures, the basic family unit is the extended family-three and even four generations living under the same roof, nurturing the children and caring for the elderly with blended responsibilities. If a mother left behind young children, she felt it was only right for the children to be raised by aunts or grandmothers because that was in the children's best interest. Under the American legal, system, however, the best interest of the child is a judicial etermination that takes into account a myriad of tangible and, intangible factor that are often grounded in outdated cultural norms.
Recommended Citation
Nielson, Tara and Bucaria, Robin
(2009)
"Grandparent Custody Disputes
and Visitation Rights: Balancing
the Interests of the Child, Parents,
and Grandparents,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 2009:
No.
2, Article 26.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2009/iss2/26