I looked at the napkin dispenser.

He said she wanted to see the baby and believed being a grandmother gave her a right to do so.

“Her feelings do not create a right to my child, John.”

“If she asks a court—”

“Then my lawyer will deal with an actual application.

I’m not agreeing to a visit because she sent you.”

The criminal judgments had not automatically terminated every family relationship or parental right.

Any separate family-court question would need to be handled properly.