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.
YOU need to go to court and demand some rights. If you have court ordered visitation, get your butt into that courtroom and get the judge to jail her on contempt of court. Yes, a grandparent can adopt a grandchild. However, the adoption still needs your ok.