I don’t know what to say either. You poor thing. The courts will laugh her out. How ridiculous she is.
I’m fairly certain that the uk doesn’t have grandparent rights she’s using it to scare you into visits. If you and your partner truly want no contact then log everything as it can be classed as harassment and you can put that in with the police and go from there
"Thank you for letting me know your plans. From here on out, any and all communication will need to take place through the attorneys. Please note that you will not be allowed to see the children until the court decides you are legally permitted to do so. Husband and I will no longer be communicating with you in any way other than through text messages to ensure there is a clear record of what is being said. Even with a clear record of our conversations, however, we will not be discussing this matter with you. Please have your attorney contact us." Any subsequent messages from you need to consist only of, "Please have your attorney get in touch with me." Don't answer her phone calls. Don't answer the door when she comes over. She has gotten absolutely as ugly as she can get by threatening legal action. Make her regret it! There's a good chance that when she sees you're not bowing down, she'll drop the whole thing. But if it was me, she'd never see my kids again unless the court demanded it.
Make a post in this group on babycenter called “Dealing With In Laws”, they have lots of advice when grandparents try to fight for custody. Since she has mentioned that you both need to cut them off, no more visits: https://community.babycenter.com/groups/a4725/dwil_nation
I’m sorry but cut that crazy bitch off completely! Who the hell does she think she is!
Thank you all for your comments & advice. Really helped during a very emotional and difficult time. We’ve cut all contact and my partner has handled it and told them to seek legal advice and leave us alone quite frankly. It’s strange though when I said to them ‘they’re not your children, they’re ours’ they shouted back saying ‘well that’s the problem isn’t it, they’re not ours and you want to exclude us from their whole lives.’ I’ve done everything I can to let them still see the kids but because we won’t follow their orders in terms of going along with their stupid planned days out and don’t march the kids round to them when they demand, they simply hate it. I’ve got to say the amount of support you get from this app for these kind of things is incredible. I pray nobody ever has to deal with in-laws like this. It’s taught me so much about the type of in-law I do NOT wish to be. Children are people, not objects.
I'm sorry you're going thru this. She sounds awful. I'd say set some firm boundaries and stick to them. It's good your partner is on your side as well. Also, I'm not sure where you live, but most places grandparents have absolutely no legal rights so no need to worry about court. I hope things improve for your family.