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.
In these states, it is sometimes only possible for a grandparent to get visitation rights in certain circumstances, like if one of the parents has died. The remainder of the states generally have more permissive laws that allow the granting of grandparent visitation rights even if all the parents are alive.