Fighting for grandparents

Parksville Qualicum News - Fighting for grandparents

By Steven Heywood - Parksville Qualicum Beach News
Published: January 06, 2011 7:00 PM
Updated: January 07, 2011 1:45 PM
When divorce hits a family, it can have a profoundly painful impact on children, often caught in the middle of their parents’ dispute.

Making matters worse, when custody issues are worked out through the courts in Canada, children are sometimes victimized again by being denied access to one of their parents and even their grandparents.

For more than 13 years, it has been Daphne Jennings’ goal to change the divorce law in this country, to allow grandparents to have more access to their grandchildren and be a calming, soothing factor when a family breaks up.