Grandparents and the Children Act 1989
| Date | 01 September 1991 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455059103800305 |
| Published date | 01 September 1991 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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Grandparents
and
the
Children
Act 1989
Those
who
work
with
separating
families
face
the
challenge
of
reconciling
their
professional
practice
and
assumptions
with
the
diversity
of
legal
rules
and
policies
which
seek
to
mitigate
the
effects
of
breakdown
and
the
protection
of
children.
Felicity
Kaganas
and
Christine
Piper
of
Brunel
University
examine
the
response
of
court
welfare
officers
to
that
challenge
in
the
light
of
their
recent
research
and
new
legislation
extending
the
potential
role
of
grandparents.
ection 10
of
the
Children
Act
increases
the
opportunities
available
to
non-parents
to
enlist
the
aid
of
the
courts
when
seeking
,.,~
.:
‘
‘
to
safeguard
their
links
with
children.
Though
grand-
parents
will
lose
their
q
a
current
limited
special
status
it
is
anticipated
~
that
they
will
be
in
t;’
the
fore-front
of
those
able
to
obtain
the
future
backing
of
the
new
law.
There
are
three
main
ways
in
which
the
new
Act
could
prove
useful
to
grandparents
and
bene-
ficial
to
the
wellbeing
of
the
post-divorce
extended
family:
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