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have posted here before so will summarize briefly. Have 4 children eldest 12 year old son refuses contact with me for last 1.5 years. CAFCASS sit on the fence say he is 12. His 3 siblings have overnight contact with me. I believe there has been some parental alienation going on with his mother some deliberate and some not.
I have been writing to son more or less weekly and send random presents. I did get xmas card saying thanks for the letters and that he loved me to the moon and back.
We are in court soon contested hearing as ex wants changes and I want to see the girls more so that I can take them to school however the question is :-
Should I ask the court to appoint my son a guardian ? I am getting conflicting reports if this is a good idea or not.
Cheers
...I dont think your situation can get much worse with regard to your son, as you haven't had any contact with him in 1.5 years.
I think it's fairly uncommon to have a Gurdian appointed so there isn't a great deal of evidence either way...I will say that the member that comes to mind "Eric14" had a favourable experience when his children were appointed one and he won residency of his children.
Good Luck.
I am not sure if you can do that to be honest (but I am not legally trained). I think a guardian is only appointed in cases where things are not working between the parents and for the sake of the child, a guardian is appointed to make sure that things are done in the childs best interest.
I think that a normal Cafcass officer would be assigned otherwise who will hopefully be able to help work things out.
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