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I think the best thing for me to do is to take it back to court and highlight the following:
- I would like shared equal care (I'm literally 1 day off per week as it stands now)
- I would like to shared the costs of the things my child needs such as school clothing - this is the only thing at the moment that isn't shared and even then I still go out of my way to buy my child school items when needed.
My solicitor always told me that 50/50 is very difficult to get, that courts like the child to have a base with one parent or the other... is this true?
I would love 50/50
I think that is sound advice he's given you - as said on the other thread, you could try for that at mediation as a starting point to try to increase your current level of contact.
I've just submitted ANOTHER C100 application. I'm sure it used to be £220 and now is £215 - £435 in total, hopefully I don't have to spend any more after this, fingers-crossed!!
Does anybody know of any reasons the court would not agree to a shared, equal care?
As I was submitting the application, I was also looking for the legislation and found the following:
https://www.nacsa.co.uk/equal-shared-care - Interesting read and sounds like what I am attempting to go for.
Do you have to pay that each time you go back to court?
So cost has actually gone down??
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