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Long story short.
12mths no conatct with daughter. Allegations of DV. fact finding hearing 2nd Feb 2016. ALL allegations either not proved or my version of events preferred by judges. All lies basically & proves as such with call recordings/ transcripts, allegations included threats of harm keeping of a child without consent, &,most importantly accusation of throwing a purse at her while she has baby in arms. ( malicious untrue and evidence to prove all lies).This is 2nd child she had done this with eldest daughter exactly the same 14 years ago. ( mental issue I think) I want to.protect my daughter should I apply for full custody on this basis? Thankyou
Hi, only you can decide if you want to apply for your daughter to live with you full time....If that's something you want to apply for, you will need to let the court know in advance of your next hearing if possible that you have changed your position, especially if it's your final hearing that is coming up.
Hi thanks for the reply. I feel she has phscological issue when it comes to partners, I want to protect my daughter but not harm her by keeping her from her mum. All of what she has put me thru these last 18months has been based in lies,no contact at all for almost a year, community service and probation for breaking a non mollestation order that would and should not have been granted had the truth been known back then 6 police visits to my house based on lies, legal aid based on lies & £10k on fines and legal fees. My plan is to go for full custody & accept shared, do you know of any precedence of this? Can in ask the court to order her to be evaluated? Court said that cafcas would speak to each of us, is this likely to happen? 18monthss have passed and they have yet to make contact with me other than the 5.mins a press ganged him into at court. He did say that if the allegations were proved false & that she had lied it would against her. I don't want to make the wrong decision and make matter worse or harm my daughter by going all out attacking her mum in court. For the sake of my daughter I am willing and capable of letting the past be just that and move forward, as I have since we split, but dialogue is nigh on impossible, should I approach her legal team or wait till final hearing?
Many thanks.
If there are any blokes I can help feel free to point them in my direction. I feel like I have taken on a legal behemoth & won a knockout, one more victory for fathers who care enough to stay the course.
You can't really just turn up at a final hearing and change your position. You would need to let the court know this in advance. If CAFCASS are involved with a final hearing approaching they should be doing a Section 7 report which you should have chance to challenge. Commonly a court will order statements in response to the report or just before it. You can't just demand that she is 'evaluated', there would have to be backing of the judge or CAFCASS. In most cases, a GP report could be requested. Again, they won't do this on the day of a final hearing. I would say if you have changed your position that in the first instance you speak to CAFCASS and write to the court. The court may ask you to submit a C2 form.
You can ask the court to have her assessed, careful with semantics there as can seem more dramatic, they'll probavly refuse without good cause nd your opinion might not be good enough Im afraid, whatsmore, to be assessed you need to consent.
Sorry, your situation sounds awful
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