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Son is coming to the end of his supervised visits and Cafcass now say that he has to have assisted contact at a centre for 3 months and go on a separated parents course. Does his ex have to attend one of these too or just my son, how long are they for and are they beneficial?
Can't believe that they are now saying he has to have assisted contact at a centre still. The ex is doing everything possible to stop my son having full contact with his daughter. The court ordered 2 hours contact a week but Cafcass only gave him 1.5 hours and the ex turns up anything from 20 minutes to 45 minutes late each session, so sometimes he only gets 45 minutes contact. Luckily when the ex was 45 minutes late it was when the Cafcass officer was there to observe contact, so hopefully this will be put in the report that she is doing this.
On dear, more hoops to jump through! It's must be so frustrating for you all.
The SPIPs course is actually beneficial and all of the members here that have attended have taken positives from it. I would think that the ex would also be asked to attend one too, but not together.
CAFCASS should have acted to the letter of the interim contact order, but I bet they will have a reason for not doing so. As far as her always being late, the best thing your son can do is to raise the issues at the next hearing... Courts are notoriously bad at dealing with breaches as the court progresses so don't expect anything to come of it, but a bonus if they do!
The Spip's course is really fantastic I gained so much from it, it's defo worth doing I just hope my ex comes round a little after attending but I'm not holding my breath :/
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