GRANDPARENTS' RIGHTS

EDM number 1199 in 2007-08, proposed by John Hemming on 17/03/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Child care and Family law.

That this House believes that a child's right to family life requires greater legislative protection; further believes that there should be an expectation that ancestors and close biological relatives become parties to Family Court cases on request; further believes there should be financial support for kinship carers; further believes that biological relatives including fathers without parental responsibility, grandparents, aunts and uncles should be automatically notified of care and adoption proceedings; and calls upon the Government to respond positively to the proposals from the charities announced on 17th March in the document Grandparents' Rights - A Response to the Government.

This motion has been signed by a total of 54 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.