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Hi
Can someone please advise me, we were almost at the end of the court process, when my ex decided we SHOULD go for mediation, and we went into it and came out with an agreement that was somewhat OKish - and gave me almost the contact that I wanted. She got a lot more than I wanted to give, but I just wanted to see my kid.
We submitted it to the courts, only for it to be rejected by the Magistrates as "Not in the best interests of the child" - but no clue as to WHAT or WHY - and its been relisted.
Anyone been through this and got any peals of wisdom for me? A little down about this at the moment.
AE
Hi there
Haven't come across this before to be honest and without knowing your case it would be impossible to comment specifically.
I have read your previous posts from 11 months ago, whilst not much to go on, you do mention the mother moving quite a distance away, perhaps this may be the reason behind the rejection of what you agreed, could the amount of travelling be an issue for them?
If you'd like to PM myself, or the other Moderators, and give us some more info about the specifics of your agreement, we could try and work out why it might have happened, but it will be educated guesswork, the only way you're going to know for sure is when you're back in court really.
Have you been seeing your child since you last posted? At that time you were only being offered supervised contact and want to stay out of court.
Sorry I can't be more helpful...all the best
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