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    Mar 14, 2012, 12:47 PM
    Aunt's rights to contact with my child?
    The aunt is my boyfriends sister,she had weekly contact with the child up till December 2010 she has now not seen the child for three months
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    Mar 14, 2012, 01:02 PM
    She has no legal rights to the child.

    I'm sure it's hard to accept. Who is blocking her visitation - the mother, the father, both?
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    Mar 14, 2012, 01:52 PM
    I'm in england does that matter she is taling us to court for visitation
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    Mar 14, 2012, 01:55 PM
    What rights does the sister of my child's father have to my daughter
    The aunt is my boyfriends sister,she had weekly contact with the child up till December 2010 she has now not seen the child for three months neither myself or my boyfriend feel she is suitable to have contact with the child,were do we stand in english law
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    Mar 14, 2012, 02:04 PM
    Is she making an issue of it ? As far as I know, your boyfriend's sister has to rights to your daughter; she is only her aunt. Insist she have no contact with your daughter.
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    Mar 14, 2012, 02:13 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by janemc View Post
    im in england does that matter she is taling us to court for visitation
    She doesn't have any rights to the child, She will get no where in court. In factr she will have a tough time finding a lawyer for this one.
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    Mar 14, 2012, 02:25 PM
    She has found a solicitor to take it on my boyfriend has received a letter she has not sent me a letter though what can I do
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    Mar 14, 2012, 02:30 PM
    I am reading that there is no automatic right - she can't say, "I'm the aunt" and get visitation.

    She CAN apply to the Court for visitation and CAN be awarded visitation if she has compelling reasons.

    I'd ask your boyfriend for the letter and I'd get a solicitor if you DON'T want her to have visitation.

    I can't find any indication if she has a good chance at visitation or not.

    (Tick, I wouldn't believe this if I didn't see it with my own eyes!)
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    Mar 14, 2012, 02:33 PM
    She had regular contact with the child for 6 months and the child stayed overnight in her house 4 times
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    Mar 14, 2012, 03:25 PM
    The Court may decide that if the aunt doesn't see the child the child will suffer.
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    Mar 14, 2012, 04:22 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by janemc View Post
    she has found a solicitor to take it on my boyfriend has received a letter she has not sent me a letter though wot can i do
    Why would you receive a letter? You are nothing but a friend of the child's father.

    Finding a lawyer to write a letter is not quite the same as finding a lawyer to actually take your boyfriend to court. He will know she is actually serious when he actually is served with process (official notice of a court action). Until then, she may well be bluffing.
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    Mar 14, 2012, 04:36 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by AK lawyer View Post
    Why would you receive a letter? You are nothing but a friend of the child's father.

    Finding a lawyer to write a letter is not quite the same as finding a lawyer to actually take your boyfriend to court. He will know she is actually serious when he actually is served with process (official notice of a court action). Until then, she may well be bluffing.
    AK why are you saying the OP is not the mother? She is not a friend, but the mother. That is why she is asking if her b/f's sister has any rights to her daughter. Of course she doesn't!
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    Mar 14, 2012, 05:06 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by tickle View Post
    AK why are you saying the OP is not the mother? She is not a friend, but the mother. That is why she is asking if her b/f's sister has any rights to her daughter. Of course she doesn't!
    Upon review of this thread, it is still unclear to me what her relationship to the child is. I was assuming that the daughter is her BF's child from a previous relationship. But I now must admit that she didn't say that. If she and her BF are the biological parents of the child, I made an incorrect assumption.
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    Mar 15, 2012, 06:09 AM
    I based on my answer on this - "she is taling us to court for visitation" I "assumed" that she's the mother.

    And my check of law in the UK indicates that the aunt can ask for visitation and it could be granted if it's in the best interest of the child.
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