[Solved] Court February 3rd

Not one I know - hopefully the more knowledgeable on here will help you with this.

Have you done a brief position statement Pete? That might be useful to take, with three copies, one for you, one for the other side and one for CAFCASS...the court always has the original copy.

Put yourself a file together with the case documents so far and any evidence that you have, so that you have it all to hand. A notepad and pen to take notes, a book or magazine and plenty of change for parking and the drinks machine.

What does it involve when you apply for a declaration of parentage? I think that's what Pete's getting at I have no idea myself how they do a DNA test? I think Pete wants to know for certain that the child is his before he makes an application for a child arrangements order I wouldn't know what to write in a position statement for a DNA test I would of thought a position statement would of been better for the CAO application?

I'm helping Pete with his case and we are going to meet up and fill out his C100 and do a position statement so we can apply straight away in Feb when we find out the results of wether the child is his or not.

The poor guy is really taking some stick off his ex and he hasn't seen the child in a couple of months I have been truly shocked at some of the things which are said to him they are 100x worse than anything I got off my ex and that's saying something!

Slim 🙂

You can do a position statement for most cases and it just helps the court to understand what the background is, why the application has been made ( for instance she gave him wrong dates and sent him photos of a child that turned out to be false) and what he would like the court to do. He could mention that he cares deeply for the child and dependent on the DNA result would want the court to order an immediate resumption of contact with a CAO.

I wouldn't have thought that theres any preparation for the hearing, he will be going to court to ask for a test and if the court agrees then they will order the mother to comply. He will have to use an accredited company and I guess it's likely he will have to pay for it, perhaps the court might order that they share the cost. Give Coram a call and ask them what to expect and what the protocol is if a declaration of parentage application is successful.

For the DNA test itself they take samples from the the inside of the mouth with a small brush and send it away. I would assume that it would have to be monitored by a nurse of doctor to avoid someone taking samples from a substitute child or father to manipulate the result.

If the judge is a good one he may well decide to deal with the contact issue as a matter of course, that's why it's better to use a position statement to tell the court of his intentions once the results are in and ask for it all to be dealt with .

Excellent MOJO thanks so much that certainly clears things up brilliant 🙂

Absolutely agree with Mojo on all of that with regards to statements etc. Don't worry about prepping too much. Just get the DNA test sorted and a short statement prepared. They are always relevant.

Thanks guys for the replies do I need to serve my ex with the statement before the court date or can it just be given to her on the day ?

We met up for an hour on Wednesday and to say the covo was perplexing is an understatement

Hi Pete

If your going to take the statement to court then when you get there you would ask the Clerk to the Justices to put the statement in front of the judge before the hearing and you would also give your ex a copy and have a copy available to give to the CAFCASS officer.

If you are going to send them in beforehand, then you would post the original, plus a copy for CAFCASS and also send a copy to your ex at the same time.

Hi guys so I have my date on Wednesday and as we know I've applied for a declaration of parentage to be done via the c63 form. I've also printed of the c100 form to add to proceedings in the event that that child is mine.... I was just wondering if I need to add anymore forms to this because I am adding the c100 in ?

Don't know enough to answer the question, but I'm sure that if it was necessary, mojo or yoda would have picked it up.

Just wishing you good luck for tomorrow. 🙂

That should cover it mate as you said the parental responsibility should be sorted when you get your declaration of parentage so no need for the c1 I think you;re all sorted man, good luck tomorrow man 🙂