[Solved] Access to 6 month old daughter

You could consider something like this - https://www.getnotify.com - apologies, I wouldn't normally advertise a link, this was the first one I found with google search, there may be others. This sort of service allows you to track emails, which might be useful that you can prove they have been read and then ignored.

I just tried get notify - liked the idea. Sent it to one of my other addresses.

It said read before it had been delivered and also delivered with a two minute delay.

Not a reliable one. Great idea though.

Justdad and mojo have given you good advice.

You must be careful what correspondence you send and it's great that you have the first mediation appointments set up.

If you can't agree via mediation, then court is the only option. If you can agree via mediation, I would suggest asking your solicitor to attempt agreement with hers about having the mediation agreement turned in to a court 'consent order', If she won't agree to add you to the birth certificate, you will have to make an application to the court to do that even if she agrees contact terms.

Best of luck

Thanks for your advise. It definately feels like she’s trying to get me to react badly to everything she’s doing. Insisting all contact is done via email and then not responding to any of my emails. I would normally chase her up and ask for a response but just leaving it now. The [censored] rolling with the solicitor and mediation so hopefully she’ll co-operate with that but otherwise just need to make sure I don’t give her any ammo whatsoever to use against me. As hard as it is at times I just need to think of the end goal

Good to hear that you've got the ball rolling, you've got the right attitude, focus on your goal, concentrate on each step, and keep everything completely child focused.

Taking time now to get it right for you and your daughter should pay off in the future. If the mother suspends contact once she receives correspondence from mediation/solicitors, it won't impact on your daughter too much because she so young and won't remember it.

All the best

Thanks again for all your reply's. Just to update I have been to the first mediation appointment and my ex partner has today been sent a letter inviting her to attend. If no response in the next 14 days I will proceed to issue court proceedings. I really do hope she will enter into mediation especially as she has constantly said she is prepared to do so yet won't discuss anything else with me.

If she doesn't co-operate and I do need to proceed and issue court proceedings do you have any idea on the kind of timescales involved in obtaining a hearing and the steps that have to happen before any hearing.

Thanks

From sending an application off, you usually wait up to 10 days to receive a notice of hearing. FHDRA's (first hearings) are usually between 4 to 8 weeks after that. It's not a fast process I'm afraid.

It’s a while since I updated on my case. Mediation started in November and was working well but broke down just before Christmas. A court application was lodged the Friday before Christmas so exactly a month ago. I have still not heard back from the court. They have confirmed receipt and the payment has been taken but still no hearing date. I know the Christmas period would have delayed things but still a long time has passed. Is this normal?

My case is likely to require a number of hearings due to the issues at hand. Once I am in the system so to speak is it quicker to get hearings for still such a wait?