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.
1 If you: 2  Parents who do not agree on custody or visitation MUST go to mediation. 3  Call the Child Custody Mediation Services office to schedule a Parent Orientation and Mediation. 4  Are married to the other parent: 5  File a divorce or legal separation or a Petition for Custody and Support of Minor Children. See a lawyer or Family Law Facilitator to start a parentage case to ask for custody and visitation orders or to ask if you can file in the DCSS case. 2  Have an existing case, file papers to ask the court to change (or modify) court orders.