Grandparents are getting a raw deal under existing family law, according to the latest research. The report, Beyond the Nuclear: Including the Wider Family, highlights the valuable role grandparents play in families and the legal problems often encountered by people cut off from their grandchildren during marital breakdown or bereavement. Jointly produced by three UK charities - the Grandparents Association, Family Matters Institute and Families Need Fathers - the report, launched at Westminster yesterday, found that 42% of grandparents lost all face-to-face contact with their grandchildren after parents separated. Campaign groups are now calling for changes to the law to remove the “unnecessary obstacle” that currently requires grandparents in England and Wales to go to court in order to request permission to make an application for contact rights.
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