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Grandparent contact order
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We had to ask the court to endorse accompanied contact order for my adopted daughters grandmother because birth mum(who died) made an allegation against her step father which she intended to formally peruse before her death in order to protect the little girl I have adopted (my husband is her natural father)... are you still with me?
When she made the allegation her mother gave her no support, called her a liar and told people she was mentally ill, this went on for 15 years.
The court supported an agreement where my daughter had no contact at all with the alleged offender and was not left alone with the grandmother as we feared that she would not protect our daughter given the way she treat her own daughter when she made the allegation. The alleged offender died and now the grandmother is taking us back to court because she wants the arrangement lifted. During the last contact she took it upon herself to have unsupervised contact without any discussion with us, we also feel let down by the relative who agreed to support the arrangement and protect our daughter.
We understand that the case never went to trial so there are no legal grounds but we cant take the chance with our daughter. We dont want to appear unreasonable and worry that we will be in trouble with the court but we are thinking of suspending the contact until this is formally resolved and feel we cant accept anything less than accompanied contact. We dont even feel sure we can trust that after what has happened but we know its the best we can hope for in a less than ideal situation. We really want to put our foot down but dont think we will be supported by the court.
any advice appreciated!!!!!!
When she made the allegation her mother gave her no support, called her a liar and told people she was mentally ill, this went on for 15 years.
The court supported an agreement where my daughter had no contact at all with the alleged offender and was not left alone with the grandmother as we feared that she would not protect our daughter given the way she treat her own daughter when she made the allegation. The alleged offender died and now the grandmother is taking us back to court because she wants the arrangement lifted. During the last contact she took it upon herself to have unsupervised contact without any discussion with us, we also feel let down by the relative who agreed to support the arrangement and protect our daughter.
We understand that the case never went to trial so there are no legal grounds but we cant take the chance with our daughter. We dont want to appear unreasonable and worry that we will be in trouble with the court but we are thinking of suspending the contact until this is formally resolved and feel we cant accept anything less than accompanied contact. We dont even feel sure we can trust that after what has happened but we know its the best we can hope for in a less than ideal situation. We really want to put our foot down but dont think we will be supported by the court.
any advice appreciated!!!!!!
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