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.
Court order required. If parent and grandparents agree to grandparent custody, a court finding of unfitness of parent is not necessary. Custody order determines the decisions grandparents can make for the grandchild (including medical/school). The parent can only terminate custody with a court order.