I'm a 30 yr old, single mother to a 3 yr old boy. His father has never been apart of his life ( I can count on my hands how many times he has seen and spent time with my son.), but his parents, (my son's grandparents) have been apart of his life. My son and I even stayed with them for 8 months while I went back to school. Recently, I have decided to move out and get a place of our own, and this is where the problems start. It has been a little over a month and I have been getting harassed with phone calls and text messages by my son's grandmother and his Aunt because I haven't brought my son over to see them everyday. I don't feel as though I have to obligate myself and my schedule to take my son over there EVERYDAY NOR do I have to answer to them about my life as long as my son is being well taken care of. I have not kept him away, he has been going over there before the phone calls and messages became extreme. When my son was first born, my son's EX girlfriend was upset and called child services and the investigation was done and the case was CLOSED when my son turned 1 yrs old. My question is does the grandmother and the Aunt have any legal rights to try to gain custody of my son? Like I stated before, his father is a drug addict and is not in his life. Please help me! This harassment is getting CRAZY!!

No one besides the parents of a child have any inherent rights to the child. If Dad never proved paternity to the court or signed an affidavit of paternity, he has no rights (yet) so his family has even less.

Some states will allow a 3rd party to file for visitation under certain conditions (usually one is that there is a close bond that, if not maintained, would not be in the best interest of the child, another is that the parents were not married). I'm not familiar with IL GPV statutes. Try googling grandparent rights or visitation Illinois.

They will certainly not get custody. Even if they could prove you unfit or dangerous, Dad would be first in line to get custody.

If you want to be nice, offer to meet them in a public place to spend time with both of you. That may stop the harassment. If it continues you can get a restraining order.

You are not obligated to give them any time. If dad had court-ordered time, they could see the child during his time if dad agreed.