A Colorado court must give special weight to a fit parent’s decision about a child’s contact with grandparents. To get court-ordered visitation, grandparents must rebut that presumption with clear and convincing evidence that the parent’s decision is not in the child’s best interests. They must also show, by clear and convincing evidence, that the schedule they propose is in the child’s best interests. This standard comes from the Colorado Supreme Court’s interpretation of both state law and the U.S. Supreme Court’s Troxel decision. Judges still apply the statute and look closely at the history of the grandparent-grandchild relationship and the practical impact on the child. Colorado’s statute authorizes grandparent cases in specific situations but does not lower the constitutional deference owed to parental choices.