Good Morning

I am sorry to hear about the situation as it impacts on everyone.

The Family Law Act does acknowledge the grandparents of the children to be able to file an application for parenting orders.

This means the court will grant them time with the children.

Having said that it is not thegrandparents right to see them children. In all these matters any decision is based on what is in the best interests of the children.

If you do not have orders and you do not grant contact they cannot enforce anything against you. They will have to have mediation with your first and if that fails then they can go to court.

You cannot control what they buy the children and the court would not make orders to stop them buying things for them.

You can ask that they no say things to the children that is denigrating to you.

She would have to provide a copy of a court order so dont worry about that.

Here is some information for you about the process that I provide to clients who wish access.

You should contact your closest family relationship centre. This is a free service provided by the Federal Government. Their website is

http://www.familyrelationships.gov.au

You can find your closest one on there.

The web-site also have alot of useful information and links to assist you.

Before going to court you must obtain a certificate from a family dispute resolution practitioner. You get this through the free service provided at the family relationship centres.

If you need to go to court then you will need to file an application in the Family Court or the Federal Magistrates Court

http://www.familycourt.gov.au and http://www.fmc.gov.au

If they wish to go to mediation you should go. If you refuse they will be granted a certificate and you will find yourself in court with the court knowing you refused to try and resolve it.

You dont have to agree in mediation but always best to attend and hear what they have to say.

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Good Afternoon

In relation to responding to their letter you shoulf get a Solicitor to assist you.

The information you were given is correct. They cannot force you and the children are far too young.

You have nothing to worry about. If they say that you are a bad mother they have to prove it.

You are the mother of those children and if they think that you are not looking after them let them prove it.

They have nothing. All they are doing is making it up with no evidence.

You have nothing to wory about.

They should go to merdiation. I cannot say if they will request it or not.

They cannot go to court without mediation first.

Have the matter go to mediation and discuss it with the mediator. It will only be you the mediator and them. Lawyers are not allowed.

Do not worry too much have it go to mediation.

They have not orders and cannot do anything at the moment.

I hope this is of assistance. If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Having answered your question I would like to explain how I am paid for my work. The rating given by you, for my answer will decide whether or not I will be paid for my work.

At the end of this post you will see 5 faces asking you to rate my work. Selecting either of the 2 the unhappy faces means you are not happy with my answer and do not wish me to be paid for my work. The other 3 mean I am paid.

I would prefer you rate me at the very end of our session not after each response. This way I can be sure you have an answer that assists you and you can rate the whole experience.

If you want more information after I respond, or wish to have something cleared up, select "Reply so Sydney-Lawyer" or "Reply to Expert" and we can continue until you are satisfied.

I am here to assist you as quickly as possible, and you rating each post will delay the process as it does not tell me what the issue is. I would prefer you ask me questions than rating the response and not providing me with further questions.

Good Afternoon,

Your question is a very difficult one to answer because it really depends on the relationship of the children have with the grandparents.

If the children are seeing the grandparents daily and they are growing up in the same house then it would not be uncommon for the grandparents to be allowed to see the children every fortnight and also to have telephone contact during the times that they don't spent time with the children.

In this case it does not appear that the grandparents have been a large part of the children's lives and as the children are very young and the grandparents are not even in the same state as the children the contact mainly would have to be by telephone.

As the children get older you cannot stop them having overnight visits with the grandparents. The court will allow either not contact.

The other issue in this current situation is the cost of giving the children to the grandparents and back. If neither party can afford to pay for flights then the contract will be very much confined to telephone and possibly over the Internet.

At the current age the children are and the fact that the grandparents live in Queensland I do not believe the court will grant them overnight contact.

Legal aid is not the same as relationships Australia. Relationships Australia are not solicitors they are psychologists and mediators to try and discuss issues and get parties to agree without speaking to solicitors and going to court.

The link I sent you is one to a free service and you do not pay relationships Australia. Solicitors are not allowed to be present at the mediation. It is only the parties involved and the mediator and it is a free service.

I hope I have assisted you with your question. If you have any other questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Having answered your question I would like to explain how I am paid for my work. The rating given by you, for my answer will decide whether or not I will be paid for my work.

At the end of this post you will see 5 faces asking you to rate my work. Selecting either of the 2 the unhappy faces means you are not happy with my answer and do not wish me to be paid for my work. The other 3 mean I am paid.

I would prefer you rate me at the very end of our session not after each response. This way I can be sure you have an answer that assists you and you can rate the whole experience.

If you want more information after I respond, or wish to have something cleared up, select "Reply so Sydney-Lawyer" or "Reply to Expert" and we can continue until you are satisfied.

I am here to assist you as quickly as possible, and you rating each post will delay the process as it does not tell me what the issue is. I would prefer you ask me questions than rating the response and not providing me with further questions.

Good Evening,

I would recommend that you speak to a solicitor and get them to respond to the letter. It will give them a clear message that because there are no orders they are not entitled to sue the child or children.

It is not relevant what they are happy with at mediation. The whole roll mediation is for everyone to talk and reach a medium ground where everyone is happy and all contact is in the benefit of the children.

If that movie ground cannot be reached then the matter will have to go to court.

these are not easy situations but the law has set the process that must be followed.

I hope this is of assistance. If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact me.

Having answered your question I would like to explain how I am paid for my work. The rating given by you, for my answer will decide whether or not I will be paid for my work.

At the end of this post you will see 5 faces asking you to rate my work. Selecting either of the 2 the unhappy faces means you are not happy with my answer and do not wish me to be paid for my work. The other 3 mean I am paid.

I would prefer you rate me at the very end of our session not after each response. This way I can be sure you have an answer that assists you and you can rate the whole experience.

If you want more information after I respond, or wish to have something cleared up, select "Reply so Sydney-Lawyer" or "Reply to Expert" and we can continue until you are satisfied.

I am here to assist you as quickly as possible, and you rating each post will delay the process as it does not tell me what the issue is. I would prefer you ask me questions than rating the response and not providing me with further questions.