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Surprise, surprise, Cafcass have made a pigs ear of their safeguarding report.
It's not a total pigs ear to be fair, but they have written that I've accused my ex's mum as sexually abusing my daughter (which they seem to have just made up for their own amusement?), which is pretty mental, not to mention totally not true. They've also said in the report that they had advised me to get a mental and physical health diagnosis from my GP, and download and complete a parenting plan - they didn't at all advise me of this, so I don't know how thorough a diagnosis they want, etc, nor what this parenting plan is meant to be and where I get it from.
Those are the main things, the rest are more minor inaccuracies which can be put straight at court. I'm wondering what to do about the other stuff? Whether to phone them? My solicitor is out of the office until this Monday 15th and the court hearing is on Monday 22nd.
I wasn't very happy with the woman who did the interview either. I'm not saying she was drunk (although she could well have been), but she sounded a bit drunk - slurring some of her words/speaking clumsily, plus she got really snappy with me for no reason at the beginning.
I will also say that several times in the report she has said that both me and my ex seem to be set on discrediting each other. She literally asked me to tell her directly how my ex has been neglecting, and potentially abusing my child. I told her and made sure that I referred every answer back to how it wasn't in my daughter's best interests. Unless I said 'Actually, no, I would like to retract my accusations about the neglect and abuse', I don't see how I could have told her about my ex's abuse and neglect without mentioning my ex's abuse and neglect. They just write whatever they want regardless of what you say. Really not happy.
Any advice is hugely appreciated as always.
Generally if there are factual errors in a report you can ask for that to be amended, but if you disagree with the content/analysis they would just tell you to,address it in court.
You could try calling the officer that made the report and ask about the things that are wrong, but you are time limited.
I wouldn’t advise alleging she was drunk to be honest... can’t see it getting you anywhere and it might make them think you’re being malicious.
All the best
Thought I’d link you to the CAFCASS Operating Framework, in particular section 3.22 - Analytical writing in a case analysis.
Thanks for that. I will call them on Monday, hopefully I can speak to my solicitor on Monday morning first. I'm just aware that my court hearing is on Monday 22nd, and if they want these health diagnosis' then my GP is going to have to be very quick with them.
Don't worry, I have no intention of alleging that the interviewer was drunk. I don't think she was drunk - she just sounded like it.
No worries... please do let us know how you get on.
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