Grandparents rights by Nick Clegg.

[Jenny_penny]

Nick Clegg says they will change the law regarding Grandparents seeing their Grandchildren after a divorce or breakdown? Does this mean the law will change for all Grandparents? Even if there has been no divorce or breakdown of a partnership. Will it cover Grandparents who are denied access due to a family row?

[LoftyLottie]

Leave well alone as is it is now. The state should not intervene. If parents cannot look after their children then grandparents can apply to the state to step in. Grandparents should never ever have a blanket right by law to have access to their grandchildren.

Perhaps some parents have a perfectly good reason for not allowing their children to see their grandparents. When the children are older then, if they choose, they can then see their grandparents if they wish.

Not all adopted children want to know about their real parents by the way Jenny. Some would rather not.

Families can be very complicated - you can only make laws for the safety and well being of the children. It is not always in a child's best interest for grandparents to be able to see them.

[stardance84]

i dont think grandparents should have rights to see grandchildren, i think it should be souly down to the parents who their children see regardless of who they are. at the end of the day the perents have the childrens best interest at heart and they are the soul carer so it should be up to the parents who they see.

[stardance84]

i dont think grandparents should have automatic rights to see their grandchildren. i believe it is totally down to the parents who their children see regardless of who they are, if they have strong feelings that it will not benefit the child then i think the parents have every right to stop access.

[cazmo]

if u had grandchildren lofty then you would know that the love you have for them is as equal as your children so taking grandparents rights away especially the ones that support thier children and grandchildren menatlly and financially and are always there to pick up the pieces, would be devastating for the grandparents and the grandchildren