access to half sister

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such a sad situation. my granddaughter (23 years old) has a half sister (10 years) who she hasn't seen for two years, since falling out with her mother. despite pleas to be allowed to see her sister, she is refused access. I am happy to be an intermediary, but we have reached stalemate.is there any recourse to law which could allow access please?

What a horrible situation for your DGD. I have no knowledge or experience but didn't want to read and run. I'm sure someone much better than me will be along soon.

Posting in Legal may be worth a try.

Good luck

As the child is only 10 I think your granddaughter is going to find that the mother's wishes trump the child's. Grandparents have similar problems when estranged parents prevent contact i.e no legal access rights. If the half-sister was a few years older (say 14+) and wanted to have contact then that would take precedent.

thank you, I wondered if ,as the sister is 10, if her wishes would be taken into account. i'm sure that she would want to see her "big sister", but unless their mother agrees I can't see this progressing ,definitely not before Christmas. i will try to talk to their mother again, in the hope that maybe she will relent.it's true that my granddaughter has had "issues" in the past, but has her life on an even keel now.

Is the mother here your DD?