You are right - as the father he has rights and the child has a right to know his father. But if he is living with his drug dealing Mommy there might need to be an arrangement made for the assured safety of the baby.
I agree, I am addressing those here who want the boy excluded based on his age and his troubled mom. That will not happen.
Likewise at some point if he is in his own home and working he can petition for expanded custody etc. The Palins as grandparents will not have the rights he does in the long run.
and I bet they know that already....their attorney might try to get a precluding arrangement now but I doubt that would hold up later
or more likely everyone here is reacting to media hype, that we really don't know what both parties really want....like I said I doubt the Palins intend to keep the boy away ...the opinions of some here notwithstanding