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Nans rights?

My mother in law has gone from, 'she's a slut and its not your baby' too ' you can't move to Germany thats my granchild ' in the space of a week!
She is sooo temperamental!
My dad had words with her and may have slipped in our plans to move back to Germany with him.
She flipped saying I was taking her son away from her, ruining his career (he hates his job!) and leaving her all alone (because her 7 other children aren;t close enough as they all live within 30 mins of eachother).
She phoned James up this morning saying she had hurt herself and he had to go round, so he rushed there at 5am!
To find that she just wanted to tell him that if we decided to move away she'd get social services involved because 'I need her support as I'm an unfit mother!'
And also she said she'll take us to court to see that she gets the baby, 'so that it can be properly looked after!'
I am fuming! :'(
So is James but he knows what his mum is like and when she says something she'll do it, no matter who it hurts.
She also told James that she will think of a name for the baby, so it won't end up 'with a ridiculous name that is spelt wrong and sounds f*****g stupid'
She is HORRIBLE!
Does she have any right to do this?

by MummyLena 19 January 2012

  • Omg this woman needs a smack! Grandparents have NO rights at all, she might argue this but she has no right to be involved in her grandchilds life. Sweetie from what I've read about u, I think ur a fantastic mum n ur daughter is absolutely gawjus n gauranteed she will grow up to be a fab person cuz of u. Ignore that ignorant woman,she's a unfit grandmother tbh, . Ur doing an amazin job n don't let anyone say otherwise, if u want to move then u do it, u no what's best for u n ur babies xx

    by xxSarahJanex 19 January 2012

  • she doesnt have any rights to stop you moving away with your child.. at the end of the day she cant try and take your child off you if your child isnt in any danger of being abused which i highly doubt they are! if you turn around and say that you are moving away the only thing she can do is throw empty threats at you because its your child and your life and you choice in where you live with your child and social services are most likely to be invovled anyway due to being under 18 as we are only classed as minors ourselves and they will assezs you and your parenting skills so i think she needs to but out and you need to tell her your doing what makes you and your baby happy! at the end of the day she sounds like shes doing what my boyfriends mum is doing and that is tryign to take over your and your babys life and congtrol what you but dont let her and dont feel guilty because its not her life its yours!! xx

    by HannaLouisee 19 January 2012