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 The Court gives the parents a notice about what is going on (the âproceedingsâ). 2  The parents get a copy of the petition and any other papers for the case. 3  The Court tells the parents what can happen in a dependency case. 4  The lawyers for both sides (called âpartiesâ) introduce themselves to the Court.