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hi i have posted befor and would like to thank you for the advice what i want to know is i think my ex partner has post natel depression i was seeing my little girl saterdays for 2 hours and sundays for 2 hours was never alloude any longer i always asked for feed so i could feed her but was told no only my ex can feed her and as i asked for more time my ex then put me into a contact centre where i only see my daughter for 2 hours wvery 2 weeks my lite girl is now 5 months old can i ask the court to do some sort of check to see if my ex has this post natel depression and if so will this help my case thanks
You could ask, but they would almost certainly say "no", and they would probably view this as mud-slinging. At the end of the day, you can't control her state of health, and it's no longer your responsibility - it's hers and hers alone.
The best thing you can do is keep to your commitments. Be at the contact centre every time, on time, and be yourself. Never let them down.
Hi there
Have you had the first hearing yet? What grounds do you have for thinking she has PND?
As the previous poster has said, it's best not to ask for checks to be made on her, especially without any solid evidence. Lots of new mothers are very possessive with their babies and it's very common for ex's to try and control all aspects of contact with the father.
Just keep this about your child and her right to have you in her life, keep her at the centre of everything and rise above any [censored] for [censored] or bad mouthing of the mother.
All the best
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