Hi everyone.  I am trying to get some opinions on a unique situation.     Almost 4 years ago my parents co-signed on a house with me so I could have a place to live with my joint custody children.  Due to a lengthy and difficult divorce, IU was left with little to no savings and not great credit.  My relationship with my parents has never been rocky or overly difficult.    About 2 years ago, my fathers drinking coupled with my mothers declining mental health came to a boil in their home.  Due to their own issues, I was used as as cape-goat.  My father wrote me  lengthy email cursing at me and telling me to stop talking about life with my mother because it upsets her so much and he doesn't want to deal with it.   I was shocked.  Fast forward a few months, he said he wanted to move past that and start fresh.  I agreed happily.  One week later he called me furious again because I didn't include them in a late night song of 'happy birthday' with a cake for my daughter, even though they were coming over the next day to celebrate with us.  Well, I haven't spoken to them since.     Personally, I consider the behavior a petty problem and just kept doing my own thing with my fiance and step daughter and my own kids.  I still let my ex wife make arrangements with my parents on her weekends as they wanted.     Moving forward to this week.  It turns out my ex wife is starting to be less flexible with her parenting weekends.  So my parents are getting desperate to find a way to see my kids.  I have always offered that they simply need to call or text me and ask, but they refuse.  So, my father emailed me and gave me an ultimatum, either give them every 4th weekend of mine and give them one of my four weeks of summer vacation, or they will sell me house from under me and my family.  Again, I was beyond shocked.    Conclusion, I know he will need to take me to court to sell, as my name is on the home deed.  I have been applying the mortgage and all household bills since the purchase.  I am completely financially stable currently, with the exception of missing my savings and building credit still.  I know they have no rights to my children.  However, with this financial abuse and threats of displacing me and my family, with no regard for my children at all, simply to control; I find myself reluctant to allow them alone with my children for fear of what the next level they will go to is.  Can I ask a court to prevent my parents from seeing my children without my expressed approval and supervision, even as far as my ex wife is concerned?  Are grandparents held liable for violating the childrens bill of rights?  I do not feel comfortable just moving out (cant afford that right now) and hoping my parents dont take me to court and get my kids from my ex wife.  I want a legal boundary created that prevents them with interfering with my family.    Also to be clear, I do not want to give one of my summer weeks to my parents.  By holding my families house over my head in an attempt to coerce or even blackmail me into giving up one of my weeks, I feel this is forcing me to do something against my will.     Any discussion questions and opinions are appreciated.  Thank you.  ... View more