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My ex has a court order preventing me from contacting her unless i use a solicitor,this is fine most of the time . but we have 4 children ,3 of which are under 16 and whilst i have no need to speek to her normally i do need to arange contact. In the past this has been done via my solictior . My ex knows it costs me a small fortune so deliberatly makes arrangemts complex with lots of e-mails back and forth knowing each time i have to pay . I need to arrange summer holiday details but thave put it off as I know it's gonna cost me ..
Anyone think of a way i can have contact via a solicitor that doesnt cost the earth each time ?
J
Hi there
Usually an injunction has a time limit, usually 1-2yrs, what is the situation with yours, it should state what the conditions are on the actual court order. How long has the injunction been in place?
Some solicitors might negotiate a fixed price for this service, it might be worth calling round several to find out.
The possible options are to try and challenge the order, if its been in place for longer than a year...
..or apply for a Specific Issue Order via the family court to have some other method of contact put in place, perhaps through a family member, or to allow direct contact only to make arrangements about child contact.
Usually mediation must be attempted before an application to the family court can be made, but because there's an injunction you can declare this on the C100 form, which means that you can forego mediation and apply directly to the court.
Best of luck
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