Who has standing to seek visitation against the wishes of a fit custodial parent?

• A. Only the child's biological or adoptive parent
• B. The state
• C. The grandparents
• D. Aunts and uncles

Answer: (A)

The key idea is who has the legal right to file a petition about a child’s time with others when the custodial parent objects. Courts grant standing to seek visitation primarily to the child’s own parent. When a parent is fit, the court defers to that parent’s judgment about who may spend time with the child, and others generally cannot invoke a petition to override the custodial parent’s wishes.

So, the responsible answer is that only the child’s biological or adoptive parent has standing to seek visitation against the wishes of a fit custodial parent. Nonparents—such as grandparents or aunts and uncles—typically cannot compel visitation simply because the custodial parent disagrees, unless they have a separate, recognized legal status or meet a specific statutory pathway that grants them standing.