Family & Safety

Worried about doing this on your own?  You may be able to get free legal help.

Apply Online
Non-parent visitation petition Blank form
PRINT
Print this to take with you
QUICK EXIT
Internet usage can be tracked. Use this to leave this site immediately. Remember to clear your browser history to hide activity.

Use this form if you have been unreasonably denied visitation with one or more children, and you are not their parent. For example, a grandparent, step-parent, or sibling.

You will need Adobe Reader to read this.

Download

Can I use this form?

You must have one of the following relationships to the child or children:

  • Grandparent or great-grandparent,
  • Sibling or half-sibling, or
  • Step-parent.

You must have been unreasonably denied visitation with the child or children.

What do I need first?

You will need:

  • Child or children's names and dates of birth,
  • Parents' names, and
  • County where the child or children live now.
Last full review by a subject matter expert
September 04, 2018
Last revised by staff
August 02, 2021

About our legal information

Learn more

Starting a case to establish non-parent visitation How-To
This how-to explains the steps to start a case to visit a child if you are not a parent.
What a non-parent has to prove to get visitation with a child Text article
Explains what someone has to prove to the judge before the court will allow them to visit against the parent's wishes.
Getting visitation rights as a grandparent or step parent Guide
Explains how to get a court order forcing parents to let you spend time with a child who is your grandchild or step-daughter or step-son.

Worried about doing this on your own?  You may be able to get free legal help.

Apply Online

Learn more

Starting a case to establish non-parent visitation How-To
This how-to explains the steps to start a case to visit a child if you are not a parent.
What a non-parent has to prove to get visitation with a child Text article
Explains what someone has to prove to the judge before the court will allow them to visit against the parent's wishes.
Getting visitation rights as a grandparent or step parent Guide
Explains how to get a court order forcing parents to let you spend time with a child who is your grandchild or step-daughter or step-son.