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Petition update, 18 February 2008

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Grandparents play a substantial and vital role in the care of children, providing 60% of childcare, but their role is not recognised in law. A grandparent may have provided daycare for the children 5 days a week, but have no right to apply for contact in the event parents separate or die.

We propose an amendment to the Children Act granting the automatic right for grandparents to apply to the court for Contact or Residence Orders.

Grandparents should automatically be granted Parental Responsibility in the event of the death of the holder(s) of parental responsibility.

We ask for the automatic right to involvement in care and adoption proceedings and the automatic right to apply.

We ask that the Adoption and Children Act 2002 be amended to include grandparents alongside parents and guardians.

These measures recognise the role and importance of grandparents while adhering to the principle that the child’s welfare is of paramount importance.

Current signatories

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• Jim Bailey
• Margaret Deuchars
• Grandparents Apart Self Help Group Scotland
• Valerie Kendall-Collis
• jennifer carol lunn
• Sylvia Worsley
• Betty Umoren
• Patricia Papa
• D.S.Lazenby
• D Twomey
• Maureen Faulkner
• Steve Winder
• Sandra Wootton
• Peter Reid
• Elizabeth Teasdale
• Susan Key
• J Skitt
• Jill Young
• Kim Lake-\benson
• paul nelhams
• Rosemary Lake-Benson
• Rames Patel
• Catherine Goddard
• Robert & Juliet Tyers
• Paul2901
• Alexandra Goldstone
• Vincent Tony Hatch
• Nick Barton
• Dr Simon Jones
• Martin Gering
• George Rutter
• Jennifer Denton
• John R. Taylor
• Ratyere D. Taylor
• colin ewin
• Rsalind Wibberley
• mark nicklin
• Mr & Mrs C Hammett
• mrs a wileman
• pauline Butler
• Natalie Jesney
• Mr Roger C. Braga
• v.forbes
• P Doughty
• Mark Major
• Brian Varney
• val KELLY
• Hazel Chadd
• jacqui Mullen
• Sheila F Podmore
• Mark Wilkins
• Shani Elizabeth Sims
• ANNE FRASER
• michelle buck
• Mark Payton
• Maxine
• stephen paul sanderson
• douglas maltman
• jackie webster
• linda mcallister
• Ian Johnstone
• Brenda Brincat
• Jean Saunders
• N MERAY
• David Shields
• Deborah Chuchill
• Deanna Williams
• Lynn Mills
• Sheila Steptoe
• Isabel Clark
• Richard Sanderson
• David R Thomas (Equitablefamilylaw.org.uk)
• Carl Bridge
• Russell Fryett
• Paul Hickman
• ron beaty
• Lorraine Atkinson
• Kathleen Hill
• susan elsden
• Jules Morton
• anne mair
• Brenda Hume
• gerald powell
• Diana Chandler
• micheal smith
• W.J.BLACKMORE
• k anderson
• Matthew Gavigan(Liverpool)
• Chris Bowler
• william hannah
• Janet Alcock
• sheila glen
• Anna Smith
• elaine parks
• Margaret Middleton
• Keith Middleton
• Joy Jackson
• Sheila godfray
• Richard W. Sandall
• ane chamberlain
• anthony parker
• Patricia Phelps
• Ann Parker
• Jackie Simmons
• Pauline Hodgson
• mrs b convery
• C. Tayler
• Carline Chambers
• d bosley
• Ray Webster
• Lou Vincent
• James Clifton
• CYRIL BRUNDRETT
• Malcolm Lochhead
• Celia Taylor
• J MCNAB
• marion newman
• Liam Slater
• Anthony Adams
• Kathleen Didcock
• Georgina Henry-Brock
• stan allen
• JADE DOOLEY
• barry donovan
• peter croker
• rosemary donovan
• Andrea Peacock
• mrs carole jones
• Janet Norman-Byrne
• ANNE DUNBAR
• John Millikin
• David Dunne
• Arron Clements
• marion berry
• jean croker
• Mrs Anne Jenkins
• Mr A Husnu
• Linda Warwick
• Shirley Rogers
• Mrs M. Hardwick
• Annette Towers
• linda walker
• jane lightfoot
• Jayne Summers
• sandra golder
• Eric Bailey
• bob carter
• Mrs Gail Richards
• Lesley Brown
• Isabel Clark
• gwen.williams
• Diane Beeching
• vera turner
• Linda Youssif
• janet haddock
• margaret kennedy
• Shane Worker
• Abrar Hussain
• LESLEY HEDISON
• Anne McLean
• F.K.Powles
• Coppelia Tatley
• C.Johnson
• josephine hollins
• Barbara Morgan
• Lady Lloyd Jones
• Liz Murray
• Teresa Holloway
• Susan Lacey
• Emma O'Shea
• Elaine Chambers
• Carole Huffer
• sue pink
• Richard Sutton
• Dave N Astell
• Linda Martin
• margaretwindsor
• Shirley Case
• Jean Elliott
• sharron devonport (Oldbury)
• Olive Ketley
• Graham Newsam
• JILL WHEATLEY
• dawn varga
• Geoff Watson
• Tom Scrimgeour
• glenis meredith
• Daniel Fish
• w.j.sweeney
• BARBARA SHOTLIF
• Dorinda Egginton
• Hugh O'Dea
• Brendan Behan
• Garry Featherstone
• J Wallace
• Myles Wheatley
• margaret martin
• debi tabernor
• lesley Green
• H. S. Mattu
• Andrew Bridges
• Michael Strover
• barbara gamble
• Anna Lee
• Linda Nunn
• Peter Dann
• Susan Goddard
• Bridget Coughlan
• Lorraine Bushell
• Jonathan FeBland
• Shirley Turner
• Susan Stamper
• Keri Swain
• muriel bach
• Mary Tingle
• Pauline Carter
• Enid Hewitt
• Lynda Hogan
• BEN HOGAN
• Christine Hill
• Chris Turner
• JACQUELINE SMITH
• s.m.daniels
• vera sackfield
• Jean Wombell
• David Harper
• Patricia Wilson
• Margaret Luker
• June Sutton
• Mary Pope
• Robert Whyte
• Elizabeth Robins
• Samantha Summerfield
• Frank Wood
• Joy Hicks
• Susan Timms
• B.Vickerstaff
• jenna mcglinchey
• sharon Johnson
• mrs lynda beadle
• Mr. Michael Butler
• gillian goddard
• deanna reilly
• ruth goldsworthy
• Sue McGorry
• John Hopkins
• Paula M Daley
• Susan Nicolson
• Linda Humphreys
• Quentin Jendrzewski
• Adrienne Nix
• tracy woodrow
• Pam Thirwell
• david gardner
• Robert Hutchinson
• Andrew Alexander Batty
• pam brooks
• Patricia Powell
• Deneice Williams
• Marcia Parkes
• PATRICIA SMITH
• Delerie Shields
• Melanie Curran
• k penny
• jane carr
• susan mawson
• Valerie Halpin
• Ssusn Dunn
• Roland Gilmore
• Sarah Greenwood
• joanne habgood
• Karen Brown
• Colin Brown
• wendy jackson
• peter g clamp
• Danielle McCash
• John Whyte
• michele mccarthy
• Christine Norton
• Paul Hammond
• C Scott
• Diane Vicky Robinson
• Maureen Veale
• kim davies
• John Ferguson
• david victor read
• Danila Beecham
• C A Taylor Lee
• Lynette Jennings
• janet davey
• Jason Sabo
• Larry Sovitch
• Alan Davies
• Michael Goodman
• Carole Goodman
• D Kleppang
• Robert Pesci
• James McGuigan
• mandy howells
• Helen Bennell
• Edward Bond
• Allan Turnbull
• Jessica Smith
• Ann Tobin
• David Tobin
• Edna Waller
• Robert Hodgson Pyle
• Alice Pyle
• Malcolm Rycraft
• Sheila Smith
• Layton Bevan (Fassit)
• Carole Pownall
• Kathleen Irwin
• ceia steer
• Karen Lewis
• David Lewis
• Jennifer Cuttriss
• vernon ford
• G.Hutchins
• Damien Barnett (good father)
• julian jones
• Patricia Easton
• D.K. La Bastide
• susan doran
• Margaret McCulloch-Keeble
• Brian Moore
• Valerie Moore
• Hayley Stephens
• anne pascall
• Jean Louise Marriott
• john baker
• Ursula Ghaleb
• Terina Salton
• Mavis Tongue
• Mrs. Kathleen Danby
• Maureen Thomas
• carl harrop
• Wendy David
• Diane Carpenter
• Frederick Gale
• Pam Hensley
• alan martin
• Michael Wiffen(Men's Aid)
• Kaye Grant
• Linda Moore
• Philip Blyth
• s lewis
• Alison Tivendale
• Willaim MacIsaac
• David Lingard
• Bernardine Sharp
• Christine Anne Bowes
• Lesley Edwards
• Fiona Wright
• Louise Inglis
• Tony Smith
• Bernadette West
• Sheila Eames
• Violet Donker
• jennifer duncan
• George Williams
• alain williams
• Shalin Tandon
• Andy Cox
• GAIL CAVE
• Henry Casey
• Jonathan Carter
• george Christophorou
• Elizabeth Neeson
• Ian JULIAN
• Lynton Jones
• Peter Morgan
• MARK BENTLEY
• Glyn Wisdom
• G Pickford
• asif rehman
• leanne kemlo
• John Holden
• Janet Jones
• aNDREI pETERSON
• Graham Smith
• Mick Varney
• Gareth Richards
• Peter Anderson
• Stephen Grindle
• Cynthia Richards
• Rick Tanner
• Geoffrey Brown
• laura
• Joan Wray
• mrs m hick
• irene keith
• Sally Ann Cooke
• Jacqueline Marion Bridger
• rivka lipkowitz
• Philip Smithers
• Liz Buckland
• kathryn mcilwraith
• sharon thompsett
• susan larkin
• Mark Fuller
• David Webster
• Les Carter
• MarionMcMillan
• Jean Spencer
• TRACEY SADLER
• Shan Morgain
• colin donnan
• amanda groves
• Christine Healey
• Rachel Leigh
• Geraldine Losty
• Shafquat Ali Rajah
• Peter & Christine Ashley
• Doug Jones
• Janet Mills
• robert dewey
• Edward Bezant
• Richard Miller
• Claire Anderton
• Phil Osgood
• Tina Osgood
• Surjit Bhulanny
• Sukhvinder Singh
• Surender Singh
• Brenda Barnard
• Vidya Devi
• Shanti Devi
• Mrs S Byrne
• C G Price
• Carole Pountney
• Donna Rodgers
• Val Astle
• peter & bernadette armand
• veronica smith
• P Miles
• abdul aziz
• rachel hart
• Ryan Ross
• C.Heywood
• s cleverly
• Mark Holt
• Jennifer Stephenson
• karen fedrick
• Anne Sheppard
• mr and mrs rixon
• IAN HOOK
• Jenny Hill
• Jon R Paxton
• Ivan McCloy
• Jean jarvis
• Assal Ravanshad
• edward meffen
• Tim Griffiths
• Manish Savjani
• Peter Trudgeon
• L Cohen
• stephen paul
• Robert F
• S M Scott
• sailesh tailor
• William B Hammond
• Ken Harris
• pam mallinson
• Kim
• Nick Leach
• Penny Cross, Mothers Apart from Their Children (MATCH)
• Beverley J Cooke
• Suzi Bowden
• Mrs Shirley Smart
• sarah sinton
• Peter Wilson
• Andrew Graham
• Ian Crockford
• Jimmy Deuchars
• Gtrandparents Apart Self Help Group Scotland
• Lady Christine Morrow
• Brian Mcnair
• Vera Armer
• Cynthia Claridge
• Susan Hanson
• julia hendry
• lee smith
• CHARLES SOLOMON
• Andrei Peterson
• Cathy Gibbons
• Jessie Nisbet
• Marjorie Chevalier
• PETER HOWARD
• Don Cross
• Sylvia Hoyland
• Mavis Draper
• PATRICIA KING
• Laura Leivers
• Rosalie Stutely-Brown
• NORMAN ROBINSON
• Mary Wheeler
• connie fallon
• Denise Cooke
• Graeme Cooke

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