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Contact between grandparents and their grandchildren
Author: Sarah Harvie-Clark
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Published: Tuesday 18 Jun 2024 (SB 24-32)
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Executive Summary
What this briefing covers
A note on terminology
Parental responsibilities and rights (PRRs)
What are PRRs and how long do they last?
Who has PRRs?
The system in practice
How the 1995 Act applies to grandparents
Applying for a contact order
What the court must consider when reaching its decision
Failure to obey a contact order
The Children (Scotland) Act 2020
Children's participation in decisions about them
How courts reach their decisions - new statutory factors
Regulation of child contact centres and child welfare reporters
Failure to obey a court order
Delay in court cases
Where grandparents can get support, advice and information
Support organisations
The Charter for Grandchildren
Family mediation
Getting legal advice
Executive Summary
What this briefing covers
A note on terminology
Parental responsibilities and rights (PRRs)
How the 1995 Act applies to grandparents
The Children (Scotland) Act 2020
Where grandparents can get support, advice and information
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Justice Committee. (2020, May 1). Stage 1 Report on the Children (Scotland) Bill, paras 249-258. Retrieved from
https://digitalpublications.parliament.scot/Committees/Report/J/2020/5/1/Stage-1-Report-on-the-Children--Scotland--Bill#Contact-with-grandparents
Harvie-Clark, S. (2020, July 31). Children (Scotland) Bill: consideration prior to Stage 3, SPICe Briefing SB 20-48, pp 22 and 23. Retrieved from
https://digitalpublications.parliament.scot/ResearchBriefings/Report/2020/7/31/Children--Scotland--Bill--consideration-prior-to-Stage-3#Grandparents-and-shared-parenting--section-12-
Haley, L. (2024, May 16). Legal advice - where to go and how to pay. SPICe Briefing SB24-24. Retrieved from
https://digitalpublications.parliament.scot/ResearchBriefings/Report/2024/5/16/3d4eb61f-2f9e-4078-98b6-b161db1a65c2
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