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Hi everyone,
We've already served the forms to my partner's ex but we are a bit unsure about whether or not we filled in section 11 properly.
It says
": 11 The family of the child(ren) (other children)
For any other child not already mentioned in the family (for example, a brother or half sister)
state:
• the full name and address
• the date of birth (if known) or age
• the relationship of the child to you."
We filled it in saying "no other biological siblings".
However my 6 year old son has recently been asking when the other kids will be allowed to stay again and asking why they aren't allowed to come anymore. This got us thinking about whether we should have included my 2 children on this part of the form. We've been living together for over 4 years & in that time the kids have all formed strong relationships and refer to each other as step brothers & sisters (we're not actually married yet though).
Should we have mentioned my children on the C1? We're thinking that the judge would need to know the family circumstances in order to have a full picture of our situation.
Thanks 🙂
...I've had a look at the form and its not that clear so I would suggest you call the court and ask them. Once the forms are in though I doubt they can be altered so its my feeling that nothing will be done about it, you can just mention it to the court when you attend....I wouldn't worry too much about it. 🙂
Thanks as usual NJ.
We've read on another site that it's a good idea to provide a position statement with the c100. Obviously they've already received this but we were considering maybe sending one in & could provide this info on that perhaps?
That was on the custody minefield website wasn't it?
There's nothing to stop you doing this but it's not necessary, that was the advice from my MF and he was right...we were asked to write one at the first hearing ready for the second hearing, but no statement was expected at the directions hearing. 🙂
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