VIRGINIA Part 51

Both parents object

If the natural parents are considered fit and they both do not want you to visit with the child, you will have to show the court that your grandchild’s health and welfare will be actually harmed if you are denied visitation.  It is not enough to show that it would hurt YOU if you were denied visitation.  You have to show that the child would actually be harmed if the court didn’t let the child visit with you and that visitation is in the child's best interests.*