Grandparents will get legal right to see grandchildren after divorce battles

It is a moral crime to use children and make them suffer by keeping them away from their grandparents. Kids grow up wih so much respect and love for their grandmas and grandfathers. Too many women decide to deny them access to a loving, stable, positive relationship just to inflict more hurt on their ex-partners.
At last, this is now being dealt with legally. This is from today's Telegraph.

Grandparents will get legal powers to guarantee them access to their grandchildren after divorce battles under proposals to be announced today, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

For the first time, separating parents will be expected to ensure grandparents continue to have a role in the lives of their children after they split up.

Parenting Agreements will be drawn up that explicitly set out contact arrangements for grandparents. These can then be used as evidence in court if a mother or father goes back on the deal.

The recommendation is part of a sweeping review of the family justice regime commissioned by the Government and led by David Norgrove, a former civil servant.

The Government is likely to accept the recommendations after Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, said last year that it was “crazy” that millions of grandparents lost contact after separation and divorce. He said that they played a vital role if relationships broke down.

In 2009, 113,949 divorces were registered in England and Wales. Currently, one in three couples divorces before their 15th anniversary, compared with one in five a generation ago.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/8417354/Grandparents-will-get-legal-right-to-see-grandchildren-after-divorce-battles.html