Do grandparents have any access rights?

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Nanna_Annie wrote: »

My son died a few weeks ago and was in the procces of divorcing his wife, she is a nasty person and is always phoning the police. She has stoped all contact with my late sons family, he is only 8 and cannot even talk to his little cousins, I have spoken to a solicitor and it will cost me thousands to go through the courts to get access to him. Legal aid is not available for these matters. She will not even speak to me. So not only have I lost my son I have lost my grandson, I love him so much and there is not a single thing I can do, I have arranged for the social worker to go see him but even they hold out no hope for me at all. I have been on the phone for 2 days now trying to sort this out but there is NOTHING I can do but pray I win the lotto to get enough money to pay for all this. I pray he will come looking for me when he is old enough. I am keeping all the information I have gathered so if he does come looking for me he will see I tried everything in my power to stay in contact. There is no reasoning with her. She is only thinking of herself and not my grandson. Please do not do this to your kids, think of them not the grown ups. Thank you

Didn't want to read and run ... I am so, so sorry that you are having to deal with grieving for your son *and* your grandson; I really hope you find a way to keep a relationship going with your Grandson.