Grandparents in Illinois have an explicit legal right to file forvisitation rights to their grandchildren under a new law signedThursday.
Sen. John Cullerton (D-Chicago), a co-sponsor of the bill, saidIllinois was the only state without a grandparent visitation law.
"This law puts the best interest of children first and helps cleara path for grandparents to see their grandchildren," said Gov.Blagojevich in signing the measure.
According to Blagojevich's office, grandparents can now ask judgesfor visitation if the parent has made "an unreasonable denial ofvisitation" and one of the following conditions exist:
* A parent is incompetent, deceased or has been …
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