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My ex has cut me off from talking to our son. I live in NZ, due to Visa requirements. I iove my son and not would like some advise on getting legal custody. I have heard she is verbally abusing our son and I cant stand to know he is dealing with that rubbish. She is drinking and keep unfavorable company, where our son is told to F off, when he goes to jump in mum's, bed in the morning as kids do. Please any help with be awesome
thank you
Hi
I think your best course of action is to see a solicitor in NZ - if your son and his mother are resident over here and have UK passports, I can see that it would be very difficult to get a court to agree to move him to NZ to live with you.
Hi there
If your son is in the UK and you’re worried about his care, you should contact Social Services in his area and ask them to look into it.
Alternatively you could also call the NSPCC emergency helpline and talk to them. It’s a 24/7 service so time differences won’t be an issue. Here’s the number
0808 800 5000
You could also try Reunite which might be able to advise you about your legal rights, they deal with cross border cases, but I would assume it would be very difficult with such a distance between you. Here’s a link to their website
www.reunite.org
Best of luck
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