Grand parental rights?

Gatling

OK there's slightly long story behind this that isn't for boards ,
A family member received a text message this evening from there estranged parent saying that on Monday morning they were going to court to get an access order for the grand children and other family members will be dragged to court too to force access by this angry grandparent ,
I'm well aware I can't ask for legal advice been here been everywhere is closed till Monday ,
Opinion wise can a grand parent force there child to grant access to there grandchildren through the courts ,

Ken.

Have a read of this Gatling. Not sure if this is good or bad news for your situation.
http://www.treoir.ie/target-grandparents.php

Legal rights for grandparents:
Access for grandparents

Where a grandparent is not getting access to her/his grandchild s/he may apply to the local District Court for access to the child. There are two parts to this process:

The first application is applying for leave to apply for access which is asking for the court's permission to apply for access. The court, in arriving at a decision at this stage, must always have regard to:

the applicant's connection with the child
the risk, if any, of the application disrupting the child's life to the extent that the child would be harmed by the access, and
the wishes of the child's guardian(s).

If the first stage is successful then the person can apply for access.

Gatling

Thanks for the information Ken ,

Looks like a messy family situation is about to get stupidly messy ,

I'll pass on the info