Iowa HF2423 allows courts to grant grandparent or great-grandparent visitation rights if a parent is deceased and it is in the child's best interest.

Iowa HF2423 amends the Code to allow a court to grant visitation rights to a grandparent or great-grandparent if a parent of the child is deceased. The court may grant these rights if it finds that visitation is in the child's best interest, the grandparent and the child have a substantial established relationship, and the surviving parent is unfit to make a decision regarding such visitation or their judgment has been impaired. The bill removes the requirement that the benefits of visitation must greatly outweigh the effects on the child's parent-child relationship.

Iowa HF2423 allows courts to grant grandparent or great-grandparent visitation rights if a parent is deceased and it is in the child's best interest.

Iowa HF2423 amends the Code to allow a court to grant visitation rights to a grandparent or great-grandparent if a parent of the child is deceased. The court may grant these rights if it finds that visitation is in the child's best interest, the grandparent and the child have a substantial established relationship, and the surviving parent is unfit to make a decision regarding such visitation or their judgment has been impaired. The bill removes the requirement that the benefits of visitation must greatly outweigh the effects on the child's parent-child relationship.