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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.
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.