Does my child have any legal right to contact with her siblings?? HELP PLEASE.

My daughter has two older sisters that she's never met. The mother doesn't want anything to do with the father's family and they really don't do much about that, but my daughter will be the one to suffer. She will never know her sisters. My question is, does she have any legal rights to have some kind of contact with them. If so, what can I do? I'm afraid if I try to make contact with their mother she will leave the state again and I don't want to scare or chase her away. I only want my daughter to have a relationship with her sisters. Please don't answer with your opinion, especially if you don't know the whole story. I only want to know if there is anything I can do legally?? Does anyone out there have an answer??

You provide partial information, state you don't want opinions---how can you get specific legal facts from partial information? You haven't provided enough facts to receive a strictly factual reply. (such as state in which you reside, the age of the children, etc).

GENERALLY speaking, if the children are MINORS, and their custodial parent doesn't want you to contact them, to do so could be at your peril, and could open a proverbial pandora's box of legal trouble. (Restraining orders, etc.) CHILDREN, in particular, half sibilings, do not have a LEGAL right to 'have a relationship' with one another.

While I agree it would be nice for it to be possible, there are many things worse than not knowing your half siblings while growing up----like fighting adults at odds over the children, for example.

Bottom line---children don't have a legal right to see, visit, know or grow up with half siblings if the primary controlling parent feels, for whatever reason, it is detrimental or unnecessary.

Shame, but thats how it is.

Wait until the children are of age and they allow them to contact one another as they see fit. At the very least, there won't be years of bad blood and fighting. You may be surprised at how they feel when they are adults and able to choose for themselves.