[Solved] Contact arrangement order

my experience with caffcass was basically positive. I was aprehensive as on their initial phone call the ex had givn them an absloute shopping list of complaints which I was asked about. Many of these were historic (had been dealt with previously). My photo diary of activities showing my two having fun helped me (my confidence) though the caffcass officer did not spend a huge amount of time looking at it. I think the officer when she came to interview me had also seen the ex that same afternoon and very little of the allegations in the initial phone call were actually asked about. It is possible my ex had damaged her own credibility by the allegations or in the afternoon visit.

When i read ther caffcass report it was good enough to get me the contact arrangements I was asking for (every other weekend and a couple of weekday evenings). My best friend described it as biased in that it was basicaly hostile to me but without the available facts to find against me. It was certainly more hostile than her visit indicated was likely.

hi,

yes i would also like to add that my cafcass experience was very positive. the officer was very down to earth and reasonable. at my last hearing, it seemed like my barrister just wanted to be reasonable and open-minded. he wanted to add issues with travel abroad and passports, into the recitals section, which i thought was a stupid idea, as i know my ex and he does not.

at that point the cafcass woman intervened and said the passports and travel really needs to go in the ORDER section, to reduce chances of me returning to court next year. ex side were also proposing silly times for me to drop kids back on sunday, like 4pm. cafcass clearly recommended evening drop off. so again she intervened and said it should be 5pm at least. after cafcass case was closed. she was still emailing me advice when i contacted her about some concerns.

I'm getting anxious here, submitted my form 2 weeks ago and made a payment exactly a week ago over the phone. I have still not received any dates from court and I've read it takes approximately 14 days from time of submitting application.

I called the court today and the lady told me it was with a legal advisor and she couldn't give me a timeframe of when I should hear from them. I now think the legal advisors contacted the police and social services as I was arrested (but released without charge after her allegations of domestic violence) and it was police who made referral to social services.

Any idea how long this could possibly take?

I responded to your other post.

Unfortunately, the timeframe is a guide, you're pretty much at the mercy of the court process and it will depend on how busy they are.

all I would suggest is if you've heard nothing in a week contact them again.

hi,

you need to relax. this is only the beginning and your stressing about receiving letters/confirmation from court. try be patient.