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actd, i notice your name is green - does that mean you're a mod now ?
Hi Tabuto,
That is great news & a real encouragement to other Dad's trying to get custody of their kids. You've done a great job looking out for their best interests & protecting them. Real pleased for you that you have them now & hopefully will get permenant residency of them too.
Keep us posted, your experience is really valuable to others.
Daddyto4
actd, i notice your name is green - does that mean you're a mod now ?
Yes, indeed it does 🙂
Possibly, the reason being that I won't shut up 😆
Hi all
just a quick mention (though a slightly late one), i gained perm residency of my two children.
with help from social services i was put top of the housing list and now have a nice 3 bed room with a huge back garden
the children are well settled in and have many new friends at there new school
the ex still has a supervision order on her and also her step dad is not allowed unsupervised contact
for any other dad out there this has been a long time coming and really hope their were truly exceptional circumstances and no one here will ever have to go though the experiences i have had to
one bit of advice my parents gave me at the the beginning of all this that may apply to some here
"slowly, slowly, catch a monkey" always made me smile too
Aaron / tabuto