Can a court order a parent or grandparent to pay for expenses related to visitation?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Marriage of Perry, In re, 61 Cal.App.4th 295, 71 Cal.Rptr.2d 499 (Cal. App. 1998):

As section 3103, subdivision (g) defines "costs related to visitation" in illustrative terms only, it must be construed to cover expenses other than, but similar to, those specifically identified in the section. (Cf. Valladares v. Stone (1990) 218 Cal.App.3d 362, 369, 267 Cal.Rptr. 57.) However, by specifying a court may "order a parent or grandparent to pay to the other " (italics added) "costs related to visitation," and by

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