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Hi,
Went to court 2 weeks ago and my ex got residence and I have a contact order. (at our first directions hearing in May, it was heading towards a shared residence order. My ex threw some information in that was not in her statement and a section 7 report was asked to be completed, hence why she got residence).
A question I want to ask is, can I appeal this at all? At least in respect to the contact order. There are no issues with me, i.e. drink & drugs etc etc. and we were married and I am on all 3 of my children's birth Certs.
I have just received the typed order from the court and it is very defined. Anything I offered was refused by my ex and even my barrister told me that I have been reasonable beyond doubt with her. I have contact thurs eve-Monday eve alternately. 4 nights out of every 14.
Reading some posts on here and elsewhere, if I let the contact order be in place for a period of time, can I not go back and say how things are settled and what the children want and increase the contact? The S7 report completely contradicts what my children have said to me in the last 6 months and even this weekend just gone.
Another very frustrated dad just wanting to have more time with my kids.
Hi there Robbie,
There's a big gap between contact, 10 days. I would say you have a good case to get further contact, you should be seeing your kids every week. Whilst the 4 nights is good you need that 10 days broken up really and also definition on holidays and special occasions such as Christmas and birthdays that should be shared.
You can appeal but you have a very limited time frame to do so, I think it's 21 days but you would need to look into this. Appeals are often not upheld. You could try writing to the judge that made the order and requesting a review in 3 months but as the case has been signed off its likely you would need to reapply .
The only other thing you could try is Mediation to try and negotiate some extra time in the 10 days that your kids don't see you.
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