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Old 05-10-2005, 01:16 PM
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What rights do my husband and I have???


What is the name of your state?Canada

My husband and I have had nothing but problems with his mother flying off her rocker for no reason. This lady throws things, breaks things, uses foul language and repeatedly phones to scream in our ears and if we don't answer the phone, she will leave a voice message and then just keep calling non stop until we answer again. She turns everything simple into something horrible, even when it has nothing to do with her, she accuses us of everything under the sun, screaming and yelling and trying to make us feel guilty for nothing that we have done to her. We had no problems with her spending a few hours with her granchild, but now she wants to see our child and because of her state of mind, we do not want our child put in this situation. I know she would never harm our child physically but mentally we know she could do alot of damage to our child, buy questioning her with things that do not need to be putting the child in the middle of and we know this would upset our child very much. Can we refuse her visiting with our child ? This is a lady who can freak out so badly and then suddenly acts as if nothing happened and we are to just forgive and forget. Her husband even agrees with us about her behaviour and he even talked with her doctor and he advises she get checked into a mental facility for help. But he cannot just force her to go, she has to go on her own and of course she says it is all of us with the problems and not her. Her husband only stays in the marriage because she lays on the guilt that she will kill herself, so he stays and takes all this abuse too. What can we do ???

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Old 05-10-2005, 01:26 PM
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You do not have to let her see your child. I would usually not recommend this, as she is Grandma, but I would be getting a restraining order to prevent her from contacting you untill she gets some help. No one should have to put up with that, not even from his own mother.
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Old 05-10-2005, 01:30 PM
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Uuuuuuh, US law only.
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Old 05-10-2005, 02:41 PM
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Missed that part.
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It is our unanimous opinion that you are damn right and it should be obvious to any moron that your (ex) (SO’s ex) (boss) (landlord) (local police) should be immediately (jailed) (fired) (reprimanded) (arrested) (demoted) (shot) (evicted).
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Old 05-10-2005, 03:07 PM
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Missed that part.
Your answer was correct anyway. Canadian laws regarding grandparent visitation rights are pretty much the same as the US.
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