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Hi all, long story, but shortened for here. Father of 2 boys, both teenagers, haven't spoken to them for circa 16 months due to their mother turning them against me. Filled in a C100 form to apply to court for contact. CAFCASS involved, had telephone interview and she has taken a dim view of ex's potential emotional harm to the children. In court in a couple of weeks for the first hearing. I've been asked to prepare a parenting plan, but do i fill it out if everything was OK, or do i fill one out if everything is as it seems although nothing is proved yet, or do i not fill one out at all? Any advice would be massively appreciated as i just want to do right by my children, CAFCASS and the courts.
I would fill it out from your point of view and if things were going well.
You can also provide a short position statement to take with you on the day if you haven't been ordered to do anything else 🙂
Good luck
We were in court recently, was told should have filed statement earlier. You need to give copy to courts and to other party. I have a copy of our parent plan if you want to see it, might be able to use some of it.
As said, just fill it out how you would like it to be...and I would take up Jenny's offer, she and her son have done really well moving their case forward.
If you use the forum search engine and look for "position statements" you'll find lots of info and a template that you can use for a position statement,if you decide to do one. The search tab can be found just under the blue banner at the top,of the page.
It's unusual for a court to tell a party off for not filing their position statement earlier than the day of the hearing, its generally perfectly acceptable to take it along with you on the day of the hearing, with copies for the other party, CAFCASS and a copy for your records. You. Would just hand it to the clerk to the justices and ask for it to given to the judge.
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