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Hello. My ex is being really awakward. I see my son 2 hours a week through lawyer agreement. My lawyer sent her a letter to her address asking for the contact to be increased to 6 hours on a Saturday and 6 hours every second Sunday including the Saturday. My ex received this letter today. She's stating the 6 hrs is to long for me to have my son. Her grandad was aggressive at this point. I told him I was only here to pick up my 5 month old son he then said you are not taking your son. He's broken a laywer agreement. I said il see you in court he's keeping my son away from me.
Hi there
The first thing to realise is that any agreement reached via solicitor isn't legally binding I'm afraid.
If you are continuing to use a solicitor, I would advise that you ask your lawyer to write to her immediately to point out that aggression from the grandfather is unacceptable and because of this and the fact that she is refusing to allow contact to progress, that you will be attending mediation and would hope that she will agree to this.
Mediation is the first step and is mandatory before a court application can be made, once you attend the MIAM the mediator will contact your ex and ask her to attend, if she refuses or mediation fails, the mediator will sign the form so that you can apply to court for a Child Arrangements Order for contact.
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