I'd like to offer my sympathy to these granparents who are denied access to their grandchildren. This is clearly a problem that is not restricted to the UK; it probably occurs in most countries, and the legal possibilities are no doubt very varied. We are grandparents living in Quebec, Canada, and our grandchildren are in Ontario. Like several of the cases reported in this forum, our daughter has decided for no good reason that we can see them only twice a year (and we feel if likely that even this 'privilege' will soon be removed), and they are not allowed to contact us in any way.
I have decided to take advantage of the tools offered by avaaz.org to form my own petition to try to change the law in Ontario. I will place a link to the petition below, and would be grateful to anybody who is willing to sign it. If you know of anybody who has similar petitions, I will be glad to sign them and encourage others to do so.
[http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/To_give_grandparents_in_Ontario_ncreased_legal_access_to_their_grandchildren/?copy]
to you flowers and all grans in this horrid place.