Discussion Question 1: Annulment and Grandparents' Rights

What types of conversations should occur between parties before they enter into marriage? If these do not occur, who is liable to whom for any misunderstandings? Can a person be "made" to produce a child in a marriage? When are annulments appropriate? Grandparents' rights are an emerging area of the law. Here, you will look at those rights. You will be addressing some of the aforementioned facets here.

Jim and Mary are married. Mary makes it clear to Jim that she wants to have children. Jim has never said that he does or does not want children. After two years of marriage, Mary wants to have a child, but Jim tells her that he does not want any children. Does Mary have grounds to file for an annulment? Why or why not?

Jim and Mary stay together and have a child, Janet. She is now five years old. Jim and Mary decide to end their marriage. Jim agrees to give the custody of Janet to Mary, and it is decided that he will have visitation rights. Jim's mother Dianne wants to have visitation with Janet. Does she have any visitation rights?

Justify your ideas and responses by using appropriate examples and references from Westlaw (including primary sources such as cases, statutes, rules, regulations, etc.), government websites, peer-reviewed legal periodicals (not lawyer blogs), which can be supplemented by law dictionaries or the textbook. This means you need to use more than just your text and legal dictionaries.