[Solved] C100 & Interim Order

He was breast feeding but is now mainly formula, that was the reason at first for no overnight stays.

I then had overnight stays as she started formula feeding. Then access restricted slowly for various opinions e.g. he wasn’t being himself after visits, I didn’t ask her about him enough between visits.

The final straw was when he got taken to hospital and I was never informed until I turned up to pick him up a week later. At that point I had him overnight without her permission although I sent regular text updates and kept a food / sleep diary for her. Since then no access or contact at all.

yep its very difficult to get contact when child is very young. i am waiting 6 months, for one of my kids to turn 1, then can spend few hours with me at home. in the meantime i just spend 30 mins or 1 hour with child in local area where ex stays every other weekend. it seems like courts dont like to give overnight contact if child is under 2.

...taking your child’s young age into account, keeping hold of your child without her consent may cause a problem for you. The courts won’t see her stopping contact as an overreaction in that context.

If you regret taking that action, it might be in your interests to admit that in hindsight it wasn’t a sensible thing to do, but in mitigation, you were anxious and worried about him... it might help to give assurances that you wouldn’t do that again.

The fact that overnight stays were underway and contact was more or less working, will hopefully be taken into account.

Thanks for your help and guidance so far guys. I haven’t been contacted by CAFCASS or received any communication from my previous partners solicitors and we are in court on 29th. I would think this means they’ll be no counter order or evidence etc being submitted. This makes me hopeful of a consent order if she turns up.

... unfortunately that can happen, when they’re particularly busy, or are short staffed, the departments are pretty stretched with the cuts to their budgets.

Have you tried contacting them, you should have had a letter from them after you submitted the application, if not, give the court a call and ask them about it... the court may adjourn the case as the initial cafcass report/S2 letter gives some background and makes recommendations, which is important for the case to,progress.