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I know a lot of dads, including myself have been accused by former partners of many false things, and that even the services have accused some dads of "causing trouble" for their ex-partners.
My ex takes any opportunity to manipulate a perfectly innocent/reasonable situation or occurrence, to make me look bad in Court in order to strengthen her Court application against mine.
I am always worried about raising concerns that I have for the welfare of our kids, because it will only be used against me.
My current dillema is is that my ex is driving my kids around and possibly may not have insurance.
Most likely should not have insurance, but there is a small chance that she does.
I want to call the police, but I don't want to be labeled as a trouble cause
Any advice?
If you contact the police anonymously, then problem solved.
If she is driving around without insurance, she is breaking the the law and will not be covered if she does have an accident. Think if she hit someone you know and you hadnt done anything about it.
If she it, then without doubt, do this - if she has an accident and your children are injured, then the insurance isn't going to pay anything towards any specialist care they may need. And if she injures anyone else and likewise they don't get the necessary compensation (the basic insurance compensation level is pretty pitiful for uninsured loss), you'll feel bad if you didn't report it.
Is her car taxed? If so, then she must have had insurance at that time, so it may be OK.
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