[Solved] in court friday

Thank you for your help Yoji

Following my court victory last Friday I can now report that my evil ex has done a complete U-turn….

I received a phone call and email confirmation from her solicitors that my ex will not contest contact and is now willing to allow me contact with my little boy this Sunday!!! WOW

After just a year of fighting in court and not seeing my little boy because ‘she says so’ I have now the opportunity to spend a couple of hours with my little boy at a playzone without her being anywhere near and with only her new partner bringing my boy to see me.
I know its not the full contact I wanted but after not seeing me for a year it has to be what’s best for him now and I think that a couple of hours a week until the final hearing in Jan/Feb has got to be a good thing for him to get used to seeing me again. Hopefully by then she will increase the contact in line with what I will be asking in court at the final hearing which she won’t be contesting the contact.

All in all provided contact takes place and goes well on Sunday I feel it could be the best xmas pressie I’ve eve had……but I’m not going to let myself get carried away just yet…it hasn’t happened yet!

The dark days seem a lot brighter………fingers crossed they continue.

That's excellent news.

I will add a word of caution - I would suspect that the only reason that your ex has had this u-turn is because her solicitor has told her it would look very bad for her in court at the next hearing if she doesn't, rather than any other altruistic motive. It hopefully won't make any difference to the next hearing, but it's best to be prepared for any last minute restrictions she may try to add. The best thing you can do (which I have no doubt you will do anyway) is to have the best possible time with your boy so that you can ask to extend contact as much as possible, knowing that your son wants the same 🙂

Feel very good for they way it's all gone.

Well i saw my little boy on the 18th Dec......on the 24 i was instructed to hand his Christmas presents to my ex's new partner and my son wouldn't be there as they still want Christmas presents to be sent by Santa only! i agreed (have held a couple back for when i see him next so he knows that Santa left some for me to give him)
i was told i'd be informed when i would see him next.....well i contacted them 26th and 27th before they responded, telling me maybe the 30th as he'd had a cough and cold but they'd let me know for deffinte on the evening of 29th! well again i had to contact them to find out if i was going to see my son the following day as they'd told me.....after a few messages i was told no.

i have now be speaking to her solicitor who is now saying that contact is still being offered but as my son had had a cold that is the reason they said no for the 30th....so from the 24th he'd had a cold....Ok i get that.....however knowing how my ex has worked this in the past (which is why i took legal action) my son always seems to be poorly when it was my days with him!

I've told her solicitor i want everything in writing and a schedule in place so we can all make our plans.....me hanging around all last week just to get a couple of hours with my con cost me a relationship i had....i'd only been sseing the woman a few weeks but she couldn't cope with me not making firm plans with her during my week off work!

Anyway i think i'm babbling on now so i'll get my [censored] back to work.

finally i want to wish all of you going through tough times a better 2012......and to the people who have offered their wisdom and words of support to me this last year a big heartfelt thank you.

Dad-i-d