Education written question – answered at on 30 January 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to ensure that people have fair access to their grandchildren, nieces, nephews or cousins following a bereavement or divorce.
The vast majority of families make their own arrangements to ensure that children keep in contact with their extended family following divorce or separation. Where families cannot reach their own agreements, family members may apply to the court for a child contact order.
There may be cases where it is appropriate for grandparents or other family members to assume some or all care responsibilities for children, for example following the death of a child's parents. Grandparents and other family members may, with the permission of the court, apply for a child residence order.
The Government will shortly publish its response to the Family Justice Review which considered, among other issues, how children can stay in contact with their grandparents and other family members following family separation or divorce.
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