[Solved] Back in court 12th January

I don't think there's an entitlement as such, it depends on what the court feels on the day - has the supervisor said why you should have more supervised contact first?

Well she says it can take between 8-10 sessions to get kids back confident with there dads and we have only had 4

No one can really say what will happen at court but they usually listen to the contact centre manager (even if it is complete bull****) Just be prepared for another 4-6 sessions and it will be a bonus if they do move it to unsupervised you've just got to be patient you will get there.

My ex was best mates with the dragon of a contact centre manager I had and I was forced to suffer 14 sessions in that god awful [censored] hole but I just took it on the chin and said directly to the Judges that a CC is no place to build a relation ship with my child as they were pushing for another 3 months at the CC at the final hearing which was completely insane and they went against the ex and the CC manager and ordered unsupervised access.

It's a complete ball ache but just carry on as you are and do whatever they order and you will get there man.

Slim 🙂

Mr slim thanks for your reply im having to pay £50 an hour see my girls when i don't think i need to ! I should get my section 7 report through door any time im just really hoping this [censored] on earth will end as i have not had propper contact for nearly 9 month noe

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Ouch! £50 an hour thats [censored] insane I managed to get in at an NACCC centre which are free no wonder they are saying you need more sessions it's a big money earner for them........another bunch of scum who are all aboard the gravy train GGRRRR makes my blood boil, I suppose you could make the case that you simply can't afford it, point out there hasn't been any issues and like I did say you think it's no place to build a relationship with your girls, hopefully the S7 report will be a decent one, If they insist on more sessions maybe find an NACCC in your area and offer that as an alternative, it is [censored] on earth I never seen my daughter for 10 months whilst I was going through court then 4 months in a CC was almost unbearable so I feel your pain, maybe you could offer that a family friend supervises contact and put together a nice schedule of contact building up nicely in your position statement say 6 weeks 4 hours a week supervised by a family member then 6 weeks on your own then after another 6 weeks go for overnights that could be another option???

Normally, the courts don't want to get involved in the financial side, but if it's going to be a bar to contact, I definitely think it's worth raising - perhaps suggest to the court that the mother meets half the cost - that way she may be more amenable to getting out of the contact centre sooner.