Question for any solicitors re: Scottish Law

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BiscuitCrumbs · 12/12/2011 22:34

Can anyone tell me what rights there are for mothers (me) regarding grandparents visiting rights - do they have any rights or is it purely up to the parent to make the decision on who my DD see's?

thank you in advance.

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mumblechum1 · 12/12/2011 22:37

This should be posted in Legal. There's at least one solicitor (Stidw) who specialises in Scottish law and regularly potters onto the legal section.

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BiscuitCrumbs · 12/12/2011 22:48

Thanks mumblechum1 - kinda new to MN and not too sure were to post.

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rootietootie · 12/12/2011 22:53

I'm not a solicitor but i can tell of personal experience. We had problems with my son's grandparents (fathers side) (this was about 6 years ago) and my solicitor told me that they had no rights. However, I think this may have changed as my friend recently got taken to court by the her exP mother for access and grandmother won, and was granted unsupervised access twice a week.

Kayano · 12/12/2011 22:53

Now that this is here...

In AIBU we need all the gory details so we can bray and argue and call either you and/ or the GP totally inappropriate names it's only right and proper

Hope you get a proper answer in legal

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BiscuitCrumbs · 12/12/2011 23:08

Thanks guys,

Right now I'm just so stressed out - it's coming up to my DH 1st anniversary of his passing - and I feel as though I'm not coping very well (in tears a lot of the time) - all I can say at the moment is the MIL has been vindictive, highly manipulative and is using a shed load of emotion blackmail since my DH passed away and it's not getting any easier - I would be writing from now until dooms day trying to explain the whole sorry saga. Perhaps once I'm feeling a tad better I'll try and get back to this particular post again.

My sincere thanks to you all :) xxx

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auntmargaret · 12/12/2011 23:13

I m a Scottish solicitor, though family law isnt my area. From memory, grandparents have no automatic rights but they are entitled to raise a court action for contact, which will always be decided on the best interests of the child.Maybe best to post in legal though, in case the law has changed and no-one told me!

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BiscuitCrumbs · 12/12/2011 23:25

Thanks auntmargaret (love the name) - have posted in legal when I eventually found it, will see what comments pop up. Bless you xx

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flamegirl77 · 13/12/2011 00:52

Sorry for your loss. Hope you get through Christmas and the anniversary with happy memories and fun times with your DC.

Flip