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.
Suing for Custody. Sometimes social services are not involved, but grandparents have reason to believe that their grandchildren should be removed from the custody of their parents. Grandparents who wish to get custody of grandchildren through the court system have major hurdles in their way. The first is the question of standing, which means the right to seek court action in the first place.