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Hi everyone
I need some advice.
I had a hearing specific to contact, from the hearing there was a court order for contact and overnight stays.
My ex wife sent an email after the hearing not agreeing to the contact order, which I was not privvy to this email, the direct result of these email was my yearly contact (overnight stays) was reduced by 10 day, in a new Order, we did not attend a hearing for the amended order.
Has the Judge done anything wrong?
Andy
Hi There,
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I haven't ever heard of this happening before, was this the final hearing or are you due to return again?
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GTTS
no final hearing!!!
Hi there
A couple of questions it that's ok...it's difficult to comment without a little more information.
Are you in the UK (England and Wales specifically)?
Was your at the first hearing when the initial order was made? Were you sent notice of the hearing where the amendments were made?
Were you legally represented?
Are you in the UK (England and Wales specifically)? Yes, Wales
Was your at the first hearing when the initial order was made? Yes, I was at Directions
Were you sent notice of the hearing where the amendments were made? There was no hearing when amendments were made, nobody was invited, the judge made amendments by email submission by ex wife.
Were you legally represented?No, self represented
Basically I have two Orders with the same date but I have emails from Court Office stating different dates of both Orders.
Sorry...the 2nd question should have said, was your ex at the first hearing?
yes
Hi Andy
I'm not legal trained but as GTTS says, I've never come across this before, it it doesn't sound procedurally correct to me.
Some solicitors give a free initial consultation, it might be worth taking advantage of that to get some proper advice. You could also call child law advice, which is a helpline run by Coram...I'll get the link for you.
Sorry I can't be more specific.
Here's the link to the advice line
Many thanks for the advice
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