Guardianship of B.V.G.

The maternal grandfather of B.V.G., a young woman with intellectual disabilities, sought to intervene in permanent guardianship proceedings pending in the Probate and Family Court on the petition of B.V.G.’s father, who had been appointed B.V.G.’s temporary guardian when she was eighteen years old. The grandfather asserted that his relationship with B.V.G. has been restricted by her father in his capacity as temporary guardian; that B.V.G. has indicated expressly her desire to communicate with him and has sought contact with him via social media; and that such a relationship is in B.V.G.’s…