Family and relationships question:
can you please give me some advice reference child access. i split with my ex partner 3 years ago and i have a 4 r old daughter to him . i am now engaged and my partner now provides for us and my daughter knows him as her father ,only recently my ex partners mother wants to have regular access to my daughter and i dont want this as her patenity father is on drugs and he lives in the household. i have received a letter from her solicitor asking for regular access.what are her rights ands ours ?thankyou.
Responses:
Huma Mohyuddin's response
Grandparents can make applications at court to have contact with their grandchildren. The courts overriding concern is the welfare of the child. Is it in your daughters best interest to have regular contact with her grandmother? If the answer is yes then the amount of contact and location is looked at. Your concerns are also listened to. At this stage the best thing to do is to carefully consider the reasons why you don't want her to have contact. Are your concerns serious? i.e is there something about the gradmother's behaviour or background that warrants a good reason for preventing contact. Your reasons about her son are valid but you can always put conditions on the contact for example the location etc. Mediation might also be a good place to start and you can put forward your concerns. If you do nothing she may make an application at court, then it will the court who decide.
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