A group of Arkansas grandparents met at the Capitol today to discuss a difficult issue with state lawmakers.

Many of the grandparents can no longer see their grandchildren because their own children have been denied parental rights in various cases.

State employees were on hand to let them know there are courses of action they can take to get visitation.

One grandmother told KARK that she even had temporary custody of her grandchild for six months, but lost all contact through DHS when her daughter was denied parental rights.

"All I want is to be able to see her on occasion,” said Jacklyn Adcock, “with Christmas coming up I can't even buy her a Christmas present. I don't know where she is and that's pretty tough."

Many of the grandparents who attended were told specifically how to file a petition for visitation.