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Hi my name is Peter cut a long story short my ex made lots of lies up to get at me and i was denied acces due to her saying i beat her up and do drugs etc usual things ex say.been having supervised contact for months with my little girl. Social services give me a good report and where happy to allow me unsupervised access.we where due to go to court to get this finalised how ever my daughter was found with bruises and they handed my daughter over to me full time pending investigation
Drs report say bruises where non accidental and where gained with a significant force.
Next step is a fact finding for the courts.whats the chances of me keeping my daughter full time and how will it work at court.they said they are gona apply to courts for this so next court case will rhis just be to say they want to do this.social services are strongly advsing me to get a solicitor but i cant afford one.anyone witj any information please help me out please
Thanks
Hi and welcome to the forum
Courts generally go with the recommendations of Children's Services / CAFCASS but that's certainly not a guarantee of what a final decision will be. It would be unfair for any of us to advise you on the likely outcome as nobody can predict what an individual court will decide.
If you have already had hearings and the next step is a Fact Finding, the courts use these hearings to consider evidence surrounding allegations to help them make a decision as to whether incidents did or did not happen.
I think in a case like this, you do need some legal support.
You can contact your local CAB for details of solicitors - many offer free 30 minute consultations, it might be worth doing that.
It might be worth giving http://childlawadvice.org.uk/clas/contact-child-law-advice/ a call, their free helpline is excellent.
You can also contact https://fnf.org.uk/ to see if they can help or advise you. They run local support meetings that might be worth attending.
You could look into finding a McKenzie Friend to help you prepare for and attend court, MF's are unregulated so make sure you choose one that is either recommended or legally qualified.
Keep posting and we will do what we can to support you.
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