
Springfield Visitation Lawyer
Protecting Grandparents' Visitation Rights in Missouri
Cases involving parenting time, child custody, and visitation rights are frequently highly sensitive and challenging. Our family law attorney and staff represent clients who have questions about their parental rights, or who may be striving to protect their children in a visitation dispute. Shuler Law Firm, LLC understands the laws that affect your parenting schedule. We're here to provide support and to represent your family in a case involving visitation rights, including post-judgment modifications.
Request an initial consultation by calling our firm at (417) 288-4433.
Understanding Visitation Laws in Missouri
Visitation laws in Missouri govern the access and time that a non-custodial parent gets to spend with his or her child. Visitation laws go hand-in-hand with parenting schedules as a divorced couple schedules the time the parent without physical custody gets to spend with the child.
Grandparents' Rights to Visitation in Missouri
In Missouri, grandparents have a legal right to request reasonable visitation with their grandchildren. This right only applies to biological grandparents according to Missouri Statues 452.402 and 452.403.
Some reasonable visitations may include:
- A divorce where a parent refuses to allow a grandparent access to his or her grandchildren
- If one parent is deceased and the surviving parent denies visitation to the grandparents on the deceased parent's side
- If the child lived with his or her grandparent for six months or more
The relationship between a grandchild and a grandparent is valuable, and it is important to defend its integrity. Always seek the guidance of an experienced family law attorney's guidance in such matters.

Advocating for Clients' Rights for Over 20 Years
At Shuler Law Firm, LLC, your satisfaction is our priority! See for yourself what our clients have to say about working with us.
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David and his paralegal Tammee are great, the paralegal will keep you up to date and in the loop on everything. She is very understanding and you would not have found a better Attorney/Paralegal team that actually knows what they are doing. Tammee had my ex served as soon as she located her, it was a blessing to be able to obtain this Attorney and their lawfirm. You both are the best and thank you so much for the outcome that I wanted to get and they got it for me.- Jeremiah P.
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I felt my best interest as well as my daughter's best interest was a high priority with him and I wouldn’t hesitate to deal with him again if I ever need legal help again.- Anonymous
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Amazing!!! Worth every dime!! Tammie is amazing to work with.. she was super helpful and super patient with our fairly difficult case. She did everything possible to get our case done as quick and cheap as possible. I would give them a million stars if I could!!!- Savannah L.
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Tamee was most accommodating, and helpful throughout a very difficult crisis in my life. She truly went above, and beyond what I could have hoped for and has helped my mother and myself throughout this very difficult time. Thank you so much for taking the extra effort to help us get matters resolved!!! I would highly recommend the Shuler team to anyone in need of a truly professional, and caring law firm.- George B.
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I hired David Shuler for a matter a few months ago. He handled my case efficiently and made sure that everything was taken care of, as he promised. His paralegal, Tamee, was always very helpful and was quick to respond to any of my questions!- Stephanie H.
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My experience with this firm has been beyond amazing. Tamee, the paralegal has been my devoted champion from day one. I called a few firms in the beginning and this is the only one that would answer my questions without forcing me to make an appointment and come in. This was a big deal for me because I had just started a new job.- Laura L.
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From the very first call, through the whole process, the legal staff at Shuler Law Firm were professional and knowledgeable. I always felt like I had an advocate in my corner. On top of that, they were very efficient and explained legal procedures in a way that I could understand.- Lee P.
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They went above and beyond to assist with our extremely complicated case. Miss Tammie always kept me up to date, the cost was affordable and we were totally satisfied with the outcome. Highly recommend!- Rachael G.