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Hi,
Was hoping someone could help or advise me, my ex-partner stopped me seeing my 3 year old son a year ago, and as a result I took her to court and got a contact order allowing me to see him every other week on a Saturday.
Due to a variety of arguments with ex over the last year, my current girlfriend now arranges to pickup my son and all parties were happy with this arrangement, however my ex has made it quite clear that she doesn't want me to have contact with my son and is extremely argumentative.
Due to unrelated incident (not related to domestic abuse or my ex-partner in any way) I may shortly be spending some time in prison - approximately 10 weeks.
My questions in relation to this are:
1) Will the contact order still be valid when i get out of prison and will I have to reapply to the court for contact?
2) Will I be in violation of the contact order whilst in prison?
3) What steps could my ex-take to cancel the contact order while I am inside?
I would consider mediation with my ex partner, however she is extremely unlikely to agree with this, and will try to put up as many obstacles to contact as possible.
Any advice or guidance you could give, would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
G
Hi G
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