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The common theme here is that there must be a real and substantial concern about the fitness of the natural or adoptive parents' ability to care for a child before that child is taken away from them and given to a third party. | The common theme here is that there must be a real and substantial concern about the fitness of the natural or adoptive parents' ability to care for a child before that child is taken away from them and given to a third party. | ||
Children may however have an interest in remaining involved and in <span class="noglossary">contact</span> with the other people in their lives, such as grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles, long-term caregivers, and so forth. Grandparents, and other people who aren't parents, can apply for access to children on their own, with or without the cooperation of the parents. | Children may, however, have an interest in remaining involved and in <span class="noglossary">contact</span> with the other people in their lives, such as grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles, long-term caregivers, and so forth. Grandparents, and other people who aren't parents, can apply for access to children on their own, with or without the cooperation of the parents. | ||
More information about the interests grandparents and other non-parents may have in a child is provided in the [[Parenting After Separation]] and [[Guardianship, Parenting Arrangements and Contact]] sections of this chapter. | More information about the interests grandparents and other non-parents may have in a child is provided in the [[Parenting After Separation]] and [[Guardianship, Parenting Arrangements and Contact]] sections of this chapter. | ||