Son says only way i can see his child is court

How old is the child?
How often and for how many hours did you see the child?
Did the child ever live with you?

Perhaps start a ‘ Notes from Granma’ diary/ book ‘which you can give or leave for him to read when he is older .
Best wishes, hoping the situation will improve for you.

Outsidedave, quite frankly, your comment is just nasty. Why do you bother to look on these forums if you are only able to resort to nastiness.
It’s difficult to offer any constructive advice, especially since we don’t know if anything has precipitated this situation, or how long it has been going on for. Do you know why your son has decided on this course of action?
So sorry you are in this increasingly common situation.

I would never go the court route as much as I miss 2 of my grandchildren. If in the future you get to see your grandchild it will always be there between you. I would just wait and see what happens. We all live in hope of seeing our non contact grandchildren eventually, I know I do. I hope it works out for you.

I honestly believe that Grandparents who go down the legal route cause a lot more stress and heartache for everyone.

It puts them through a lot of stress even financially at such a late stage in life, puts the child through emotional challenges which aren't needed of productive and damages the relationship between parent and grandparent further.

The only time grandparents should go through the legal route is when they believe the child is in danger and want to take over care.

I'm usually inclined to think that the family dynamics come asunder when there's a new baby on the scene. What the reason is I don't know but there does seem to be a lot of it.
Whether it's to do with the extra pressure a new life brings, or the worry of jobs/money etc which has a knock-on effect all round, I don't know.
I'd wait to see how the land lies before doing anything and certainly don't go legal or that'll quash any thoughts of a reconciliation.

Whilst grandparents have no automatic right to see their grandchildren, they can seek access through court
researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CDP-2017-0120

Not helpful OutsideDave
I agree with MissA get some legal advice whilst waiting for things to settle down. Don't do anything in haste Devastatedgranny I hope things work out for you.

Seeing a solicitor will likely just aggravate the situation. Grandparents have no legal rights to see their GC in this country

Leave him alone. Respect your son. Get counseling.

Ah, ok.
Is your son often like this?
A lot of the people in this situation say that they have always walked on eggshells.
I'm just wondering what the likelihood is of him having a change of heart?

Long story...pretty much same as other grandparents on here...sudden cut off and no reason

You could get some legal advice whilst you wait and see if your son cools down.
Have you and he argued?