But Mr Deuchars said there should be a legal "presumption" in favour of grandparents having visitation rights.
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The call was made by Jimmy Deuchars of the Scots-based Grandparents Apart Self-Help Group to a Holyrood committee examining family law reform.
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Mr Deuchars said a grandchild could make a claim on their grandparent's estate on death if their own parent was already deceased, but the grandparent had no legal relationship in life.
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