The Canadian Grandparents' Rights Association, B.C. Branch, was 
formed in 1986, when approximately thirty people elected a Board of 
Directors.  the Board has basically carried the Association towards its 
goals.  They now have staff and an office where people who need 
assistance can go.

	The PURPOSE of the Association is to promote, support and assist 
Grandparents and their families in maintaining or re-establishing family 
ties and family stability where the family has been disrupted; especially 
those ties between grandparents and grandchildren.

	The Association's main function is to serve as a point of contact 
for people who require assistance in gaining access to grandchildren in 
the cases of family separation.  They primarily guide people in the 
initial process to be allowed to attain legal access.

	One objective of the C.G.R.A. group is to work with the Federal 
and Provincial Governments to pass legislation that would safeguard the 
rights of grandparents and granchildren to see each other or have some 
kind of communcation on a regular basis.

	Membership is open to anyone who supports their goals and 
objectives, at the cost of $30.00 per year, renewable annually.

	The Canadian Grandparents Rights Association is incorporated 
under the B.C. Society Act.

In Victoria, the contact person regarding Grandparents Rights is:

	Catherine Wicket
	Cobble Hill
	743-3314

The Canadian Grandparents Rights Association, National Branch and B.C. 
Branch:

	Nancy Wooldridge, President
	#260 - 3631 No 3 Road
	Richmond, B.C.
	V6X 2B9

        Phone No.	(604) 273-4726
	FAX 		(604) 273-1823 

	Emergency No.   (604) 882-0227 Nancy - Langley, B.C.

The Alberta Branch:

	Florence Knight, President
	P.O. Box 64128
	Calgary, Alberta
	T2K 6J1

	Phone No. 	(403) 284-3887

The Ontario Branch:

	Madeleine Bremner, President
	1998 Anthony Avenue
	Ottawa, Ontario
	K2B 6T9

	Phone No. (613) 722-3310

        In London, Ontario one may contact:
		Myrtle Knight
		470 Scenic Drive
		Apt 403
		London, Ontario 
		N52 3B2
		519-649-4635

	OR	Grandparents Are Forever
		Donna Irving
		1-519-455-9514


In Quebec, Article 611 of Quebec's Legal Code states:

	"In no case may the father or mother, without serious cause, 
place obstacles to personal relations betwen the child and his 
grandparents..."

New Brunswick has passed a similar law and 50 American States now have 
similar legislation.