5' 4 (1.63 m) Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Karen Carpenter moved with her family to Downey, California, in 1963. Karen's older brother, Richard Carpenter, decided to put together an instrumental trio with him on the piano, Karen on the drums and their friend Wes Jacobs on the bass and tuba.
A court may award visitation rights if visitation would be in the child's best interest. A court may award a grandparent the same visitation rights as a parent without custody if the grandparent's child is deceased and the grandparent has provided child support to the grandchild.
Can Grandparents Get Custody? One of my most popular topics is grandparent visitation (which can be read here). Let me start by saying the quick answer to that question is: itâs hard. Under the law a grandparent in Minnesota can get custody but itâs hard, and itâs supposed to be hard.