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Sorry but I think you are missing the point I made by asking the question and I am struggling atm with working 6days a week and only Sunday off which was the day I had my son so I would be unable to attend. The paper the court gave me 100% says witness statement at the top. I cannot afford a solisitor and unsure we're I go from here, and also the link provided does not show up with anything on my phone
Have you called the court help desk for advice? You can also request a telephone appointment with the CAB and if you can't attend an FNF meeting personally there is a contact number for the meeting organiser on the webpage that Mojo has supplied the link to....you could call them and explain your inability to attend the meeting because of work commitments and ask for some advice about the statement.
If none of this is helpful then I would produce a position statement, the court realises that you are an LIP and unrepresented and should make allowances.
I think it's a postion statement I should be sending I will list below excatly what it says..
What a witness statement must include (header)
(All bullet points below)
Start with the name of the case and the case number
State full names and address of the witness
Set out the witness evidence in numbered paragraphs on numbered pages
End with paragraph- 'I confirm that I make this statement which is true to the best of my knowledge and belief, knowing that if it is tendered in evidence I should be liable to prosecution if I have wilfully stated in it anything which I know to be false or do not believe to be true'
Signed....
Dated....
Copyies of the parties' statement shall also be sent to any person who at the relevant time is preparing or has prepared a report directed by the court
Court address
Date if hearing 08.10.2014
Thankyou, don't know why it says at the top of the paper witness statement then.
Still unsure what to put under brief history, and also my concerns I can only think of.. The mother constantly stopping and starting contact. My request to the court..I won't have a problem filling that out
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