HB927 allows a court to grant "visitation rights" to grandparents after 60 days, even if opposed by both of the child's parents who are married and living together with the child.
The House passed HB927 on April 10, 2025, by a vote of 135 to 11. We have assigned pluses to the noes because final decision-making authority over the upbringing and care of a child belongs to the child's parents—not their grandparents, the government, or anyone else. No law-abiding parent should ever be compelled to relinquish their child under threat of the full weight and force of judicial system. Opponents of traditional marriage and the family are working tirelessly in each of the several States to proceed beyond "no-fault divorce" by advocating for "equal shared parenting," "grandparent visitation," and other "best interests of the child" legislation that seeks to rewrite U.S. family law based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Missouri officials must resist this intrusion. Parental rights, as with all other natural rights, are retained via the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment. Article VI, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution demands that "Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding."
United States Constitution
Fifth Amendment
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
United States Constitution
Ninth Amendment
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
United States Constitution
14th Amendment Section 1
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
