You need a psychologist or psycho social worker on this.
You can't note the changes etc.... It is a long shot. A psychologist will interview you, the child, the grandmother and maybe the step daughter. They will file a report with the court and then come testify.
Are you getting child support from the mother?
When you go go to court the line needs to be:
I am so hurt that her mother doesn't see her and I would love nothing more than to have at least her grandmother have a good relationship with her but it seems the grandmother cant put animosity of me aside to be a proper caretaker.
Incidentally, I didn't grandparents have rights outside of Quebec? In quebec it is legislated but I don't even think it is legislated in the rest of Canada?
It has been a few years but I decided that not going after her for support has not helped visits between child and mom, she complained about gas money. I watched her go on multiple international trips every year and buy a fancy car and still only see kid every 3 to 6 months, and usually only overnight, I even meet her half way even though she moved. So a few months ago I went after her and she was a no show in court so even though I told judge she text me a few times of working anywhere from 15 hrs a day to 90 hours a week he said he found that hard to believe and just imputed min wage full time on her so I would get 181$ a month, and in the order she was to report proper financials by oct 5 of course that never happened. So I immediately went to local maintenance enf agency and am now getting some money from her, not much. I have to decide if it is worth chasing her for financials or bug her for it for 6 months first then push the courts to do something.
Here in BC grand parents have the right to apply for an access order, it doesnt mean they will get one. I think that alone can create stress and everything else on the immediate family unit and that grand parents should not be allowed to impose.
I always have this feeling that as a man and single parent people look at my situation and feel there is more to the story like as if I may be an instigator or the big bad man and probably created the situation and am keeping the kids from mom and grammy etc....I feel a single mom would have an easier time getting support and be supported more in the situation I have with grandma and grand child access.
I know at work the women and their issues as a single parent during my issues as a single parent were well taken care of, I was not taken nearly as serious as they were. Its a crappy feeling and thank gawd I have a full time nanny that I can trust! I live check to check because of the expense, but it is necessary for my job and getting money from ex to help with that would be like squeezing water from a stone. Work was a whole other huge battle for me as during these issues they were forcing me to work 15-19 hours drive away from home! I had to go or be held out of work and the union said it might hit the arbitrator in a couple years and you will have to find work elsewhere until then or else go to where they are forcing you to work...thank gawd thats not happening anymore.
You got me on a rant lol......anyhow ya grandma is a pill popper crazy i'll show you type of lady, no one in her family get along with her well at all, unless she gives her kids things like money when they are in desperate times, which all 3 of her kids seem to be quite often. Grandma is definetly mad at me for letting the house go into foreclosure after she played games trying to weasle more and more money from me to buy her out of the house...a time came when work slowed for almost a year and I was not working for 10 weeks and I am not sure if she thought I was bluffing but she laughed at me and said the house would not go up for sale over her dead body, even after warning her to help with payments or sell the house asap she held out hoping for money i guess or ruin me I can not confirm what goes through her head...she did ruin my credit rating, and now its like she is saying you can run but you cant hide lol, and immediately after forecloser precedings started she put forth the application for an access order but did not persue it until 14 months later, I assume this was so she could let it burn in me for a while.....heh.
I can not afford a specialist right now as my financial situation is not up to snuff yet, so maybe I can use something the medical system will provide for free, a note as well as the report of the views of the child from the courts.
I find it hard not to go on a rant......sry.
