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... you can only hope that they will see the sense of changes to handovers, make it about what is best for your child... check out the Welfare Checklist and see if you can apply it to this issue.
Prepare yourself as much as you can and stay focused on your child, you just have to keep chipping away at it and hopefully the tide will turn in your favour.
All the best
Hi Mojo. Thanks again for the replies.
I was at the child welfare hearing today, contact was reinstated so that was a great start. The judge wasnt too happy with the ex stopping contact. Although things seemed a bit one sided last time this time around things were much fairer today. Ex is still adamant on third parties and who can and cant be there so have had to try work around things to suit until the contact centre can be set up.
hi sparky, keep on fighting. at my first hearing, court ordered ex to give me a room in their house, for contact with child every week 🙂 a just recompense when people act silly and maliciously haha.
Hi Bill. Thanks for your reply.
Keep fighting is what I plan on doing, I think the fact I refuse to just walk away and disappear from my kids life infuriates my ex. As much as I've felt like giving up I dont think I could as I would regret it and kick myself.
Using a room in your ex's house isn't ideal but if it allows you to spend time with your kid then it's better than not seeing them at all, I just hope she isn't as vindictive and manipulative as my ex is lol.
My ex wanted to babysit me and demanded contact be supervised, the court never entertained her but she tried and tried, sitting about watching me as I spent time with our kid when she was supposed to have left the vicinity, same with the contact centre at the beginning, told staff lies by saying contact was to be supervised when it wasn't, had someone from child services attempt to baby sit me, I basicly told them I didn't need their help and told social services to go elsewhere as it wasn't court ordered. Some ex's just choose to make our lives as hard as they can like mojo said it's about control.
yes, a lot to do with selfishness and control. do they honestly think they can just walk out of someones life with their kids, and their would be no consequences? kids that grow up without a dad end up with serious behaviour problems and will likely just face a life of trouble.
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