There are various factors that are taken into consideration and are drawn into comparison when it concerns grandparents custody for the grandchild. It is before seeking the custody, the grandparents should be aware of their rights as grandparents, in the government they live in. Be it visitation rights or custodial rights of grandparents, it depends upon the laws of legislature, the freedom it can give to the grandparents.
The laws regarding this matter vary in different places for some places consider it as illegal on the part of grandparents to claim for visitation rights as their law doesn’t favor it. Whatever it may, the government ensures that everything is in the interest of the child. It is the child’s education, environment, society it’s going to live etc is considered before the decision is made.
A child age is an important factor in any of the cases of custody or visitation rights for an adult has the right to decide where any claim for custody or visitation fails. Here everything depends on the will of child. Apart from all these whether the child can adjust or not is quite a crucial point that needs to be sorted out before giving grandparents custody.
Overall it is the wellbeing of a child that is given maximum importance, where well being encompasses complete development of a child.