Short answer
Grandparent contact enquiries should identify the child, relationship history, parental responsibility context, mediation position, safeguarding issues, C100 papers, existing orders and what contact is being requested. Legal4U cannot decide whether permission or contact should be granted.
Quick checklist
Start with these
Collect Family, Relationship And Existing Order Records
Save birth or family relationship evidence, historic contact arrangements, messages with parents or carers, photographs where appropriate, child arrangements orders, safeguarding correspondence and any local authority or school contact records.
- relationship evidence
- contact history
- parent message
- existing order
- safeguarding record
Organise Mediation, Permission And Application Papers
Prepare MIAM or mediation records, exemption evidence where relevant, draft C100 details, permission-to-apply points, fee or help-with-fees information, proposed contact pattern and a child-focused chronology.
- MIAM record
- exemption evidence
- C100 detail
- permission points
- contact proposal
Flag Welfare, Urgency And Parallel Proceedings
Tell Legal4U whether parents disagree, care proceedings, domestic abuse, relocation, adoption, special guardianship, urgent welfare concerns or an existing family court timetable is involved. A family-law specialist must review route, evidence and timing.
- parent disagreement
- care proceedings
- domestic abuse
- relocation
- court timetable
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Editorial and source information
- Author
- Legal4U Editorial Team
- Professional review status
- Pending. Family-law solicitor, barrister or regulated family specialist review required before publication as legal guidance.
- Jurisdiction
- England and Wales
- Date published
- 1 September 2026
- Regulatory status
- Legal4U is a legal enquiry intake and professional matching platform, not a law firm.
- Sources
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- Contact with your grandchild if their parents divorce or separate GOV.UK. Checked 8 September 2026.
- Apply for a court order to make arrangements for a child or resolve a dispute about their upbringing: Form C100 HM Courts & Tribunals Service. Checked 8 September 2026.
- Practice Direction 12B - Child Arrangements Programme Ministry of Justice. Checked 8 September 2026.
- Editorial policy
- Legal4U guides are written to help users prepare structured enquiries. The professional-review status and reviewer details are shown separately on each guide.
- Correction process
- Corrections or update requests can be sent through the Legal4U contact page for editorial review.
- Information and advice
- This page is general information only and is not legal advice. Legal advice is provided only by an authorised professional or firm after they accept instructions.
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