what rights does she have??

**mikaylasmummy** · 10-09-2007 01:08

Does anyone know what rights a grandma has to see her grand daughter

**mumzdaword** · 10-09-2007 01:15

they have no legal right i know that much unless its court ordered and it rarely happens...

**mikaylasmummy** · 10-09-2007 02:04

ok, my mum is taking myself and DF to court to get visitation rights..... I do not trust her one bit, she messed my life up and now she is going to do the same with Mikayla like she has almost done until I stop them seeing eachother.

**shymmer** · 10-09-2007 02:14

How stressful for you. (that she's trying to cause trouble)

I'm sure she would have no legal rights what-so-ever too. If you didn't want her to see your DD, there's nothing she could do about it. If she's a real trouble maker she might try the 'your abusing your DD' line, but they'd just investigate that and it would get dismissed.

I hate it when people make stupid threats like that - when they don't have a leg to stand on. That in itself shows what sort of person she is.

I'd be surprised if it would even make it to court . . . don't they weed out pointless disputes so as not to waste the courts time?? Do you have a court hearing time? Or is it just a threat from her?

**mikaylasmummy** · 10-09-2007 02:27

Not yet, she said that she wants me to go to mediation, and if I refuse which she knows I will she is going to take it to court...
She has already seen a lawyer and he has told her he will get her the visitation rights... I do have a chat log from msn do you know if I can post it on here? Just so you all understand everything, so I do not need to re-type everything

**shymmer** · 10-09-2007 02:31

I'd private message your msn details, not post them in here. I don't know much about this type of thing, but be happy to chat to you about it! - do you mean you have a previous conv about it that you'd like to share? You could prob cut and paste? the mods will clean it up if it's wrong I guess??

**mikaylasmummy** · 10-09-2007 03:33

sorry Shana not sure what happend to chat but cannot get back in. thankyou for your help and will chat with you soon

**bronny-jane** · 10-09-2007 05:56

im pretty sure she can get visitation, some law bought out a few years ago... although you could ask it be supervised it that ended up being the case

**Shanaynay** · 10-09-2007 06:05

I'm pretty sure grandparents do have rights nowdays, I'm sure I've heard it quite a few times.

Sorry she's causing trouble for you

**draught** · 10-09-2007 07:48

You need to contact Legal Aid to get proper legal advice. Grandparents do have rights in some situations. You need to get particular advice on your particular situation as soon as possible in order to make sure that you are doing everything you can to protect your child. Ring them today.