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I have received my CAFCASS report, obviously it is completely biased and full of false allegations.
They have watered down everything that I’ve said and missed out important concerns that I have raised.
They have instructed a section 7 report and no contact until this is done.
I have a FHDRA hearing in May, I want to challenge CAFCASS and their recommendations.
as well as a position statement would I write a pre court report statement as well?
hi,
generally court and Cafcass like to take a very cautious approach. you mention their letter contains allegations. they would not investigate them at this point and would just note them down. unfortunately if the other parent makes serious allegations, true or false, then court/cafcass likely treat it seriously to be on the safe side. When I went through courts, 2 section 7 reports were done. cafcass were not happy about doing a 2nd s7 report, as at the time the 1st report was just under a year old. but court still ordered them to do a 2nd one. it can take 8-12 weeks roughly.
I would suggest at your hearing, you can still ask for some contact in the interim, while s7 report is being done. It is very likely they will listen to cafcass and ask for s7 report. Will you be self-representing? you can speak to judge and ask for interim contact. you could also do a position statement and put it in there as a request. I think position statement should be enough. can you check your court paperwork and see if it asks you to produce any statements?
also do you mind giving a little background, like how old is child/children and when was last time you had contact with them?
Why would CAFCASS write on their report about incidents from the police that happened 18 years ago? I have no convictions.
Why would CAFCASS water down every safeguarding concern and the domestic abuse that I experienced? but has then exaggerated my ex’s false allegations for domestic abuse?
Our child is just over 1 year old and I have not seen our child since our child was a few weeks old. Soon it will be close to a year since I have last seen our child.
Cafcass have asked for a section 7 report and have advised for no contact in the interim.
How is this in the best interests of a child? Our child doesn’t even know who I am because of the ex’s extreme control and parental alienation and now CAFCASS have stuck their biased report in to make things even harder?
I honestly feel like giving up, it’s like a game of snakes and ladder’s. You feel like you are getting somewhere and you feel good about it, then you fall back down with things like this. The mental strain it’s having on me is becoming extremely difficult.
@dadlad yes I would agree with that. I have thought of it as a game of chess. One bad move and you could be denied access to your children. If your ex makes a bad move, it could work in your favour. The whole process is frustrating and mentally draining. I would suggest you try to take your mind off it. keep yourself busy. take breaks/trips in between court hearings if your able to.
What is the best way to dispute inaccuracies and important information that has been clearly missed out?
The CAFCASS worker is a complete waste of time.
@dadlad With those reports, Cafcass say if there is anything factual that they got wrong, you can contact them and ask them to correct them, and send out the corrected document to you. things like names of child, parents, dates of births, dates of when such incidents happened etc. They say if there is anything else you disagree with, have to address it in court.
Also, if CAFCASS recommends a S7 report and a fact finding hearing, who pays for these?
@dadlad You don't pay for those. You only pay if you were to hire a solicitor/barrister to represent you at hearings and do admin work for you.
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