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Petition: Give legal right of contact between grandchildren and grandparents

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OldFrill Mon 01-Apr-24 13:27:03

I won't sign. I don't think it's something parliament should be involved with.

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Jaxjacky Mon 01-Apr-24 13:26:03

I won’t sign.

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Germanshepherdsmum Mon 01-Apr-24 13:07:18

I agree and I won’t be signing either. We have seen a similar petition on here before I believe.

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Theexwife Mon 01-Apr-24 13:02:19

I dont see how that would work, the grandparents would have stronger rights than the parents who are the one that stopped contact.

If contact were granted against the wishes of the parents it would cause terrible animosity in the home. Most children over the age of 12 have their own phones and could make contact if they wanted to.

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Ilovecheese Mon 01-Apr-24 12:31:05

I wont be signing

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Oregano Mon 01-Apr-24 12:26:42

Signed, thanks for letting us know.

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PunkWomble Mon 01-Apr-24 12:17:56

It's not widely known that grandchildren and grandparents have no automatic legal right of contact. I run the Worcestershire Grandparents' Support Group, one of about 14 such groups throughout the UK, for non-contact grandparents. We currently have a petition on the Petition Parliament website with the aim of getting enough signatures to obtain a parliamentary debate: -

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/655143

This is a huge issue affecting around 2 million grandparents in the UK but nobody ever thinks it could happen to them. People tend not to talk about it for fear of a negative response. Please sign and share as widely as possible. Many thanks.

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