anyone know? costings

[FayesmummyEmma]

my biological mum is wanting to take me to Court, I know she's going to have to try and get a contract offer first as she wants to see my daughter. .
She does have contact once ever 2weeks but she's not happy with that and shewants unsupervised access which I will not allow. . As I do not trust her!

we hadn't had a good relationship now for many years but I put it aside so she can see her granddaughter who is nearly 2...
I'm just confused would I have to pay if it does go to court? ?
Anyone any help. ...

She has no legal right to see your dd.

You would have to pay for representation. There would be no legal aid.
She needs permission of the court to apply for contact.

As Collaborate says, your mother would have to apply first for Leave to Apply for a Contact order.

If she is granted Leave to Apply, then she would file an application for contact in the standard way, which is by filing a form at court, and the court would usually ask for evidence by way of statements from you and your mother and a Cafcass report (an independent person a bit like a social worker) who would make a recommendation as to whether unsupervised contact should take place.

As your mother and daughter already have contact, presumably in a supervised setting, there is a precedent already and so you would have to explain why you felt that unsupervised contact would not be in your daughter's interests.

tbh I suggest that the two of you try mediation first. Court proceedings are lengthy, costly and rarely end up with people feeling more kindly towards one another than they did at the beginning.

she wont back down, she wants more access and will not be happy untill she has my approval i trust her with my daughter which i really dont think mediation would be much help just coslty, on top of court fees,
as im sticking to my descion and saying i beleive its not in my daughters best interests to be alone with her..