Hi all,
Have been an avid reader of this forum for the past 12 months and have decided to finally register and post as my time has come to fight for legal access of my child.
I filled my C100 form in early July as contact with my child broke down and I hadn't seen him for 5 months.
Prior to this, all my contact with him had been 10 Supervised Contact sessions (25hrs total) and 3 Unsupervised Contact sessions (5hrs total).
My now ex-wife made a claim (back in June 2014) of Domestic Violence towards her and that's how we came to separate. I was acquitted of said allegation in January 2015.
My First Hearing Dispute Resolution was adjourned today as they required CAFCASS to complete Safeguarding Letter and have set a new date in September. I have also been asked to prepare a position statement.
So my questions are:
- any idea on how I may fair in this case with the false allegation of DV?
- what can I expect from a Safeguarding Letter?
- any tips/advice in writing a Position Statement would be helpful
I look forward to any advice anyone can afford me.
Many thanks.
I think you will be fine just about every single Woman who stops their kids from seeing their dad make up a boat load of false allegations which just slows the process down, I'm not sure about the safe guarding letter but I'm sure Yoda or MOJO could explaine that one better and as for your position statement I or anyone else on here can help you out with that.
Try not to worry this can and will be sorted out it just takes time and a lot of patience, good on you for sticking in there and fighting.
Keep your chin up
Slim 🙂
Hi there
I wouldn't be too worried about the DV charge, it happened over 2 years ago and you were acquitted. Just be honest about it, as you will be asked about any involvement with police and social services.
A schedule 2 letter is just a brief report which lays out for the court a little background, police checks will be done and social services will be asked if they have had previous involvement with your family.
The person writing the report is a court appointed adviser and based on their findings will make recommendations to the court on how to proceed. It's best to try not to bad mouth the mother, obviously if you have concerns you should voice them but keep it readonable and calm. If you think she is a good mother say so....they want to know that you are child focused and so it's a good idea to keep your answers in that vein.
If you use the search tab at the top of the page and search for "position statements" lots of info will come up for you to refer to, there's a template you can use and I'll post a couple of links for you to use. Once you've written your statement I'm sure any one of the moderators will look it over for you.
All the best
www.thecustodyminefield.com/flapp/positionstatements.html
