[Solved] Safeguarding report - not accurate

In regards to the line in the Cafcass safeguarding report that reads like I've accused my ex's mum of sexual abuse, having spoken to Cafcass last week it seems it was just badly written. I'm a copywriter, maybe I should offer them my services.

I had my initial court hearing today. It didn't go quite to plan. In short, my ex is breaching the court order left, right and centre. She wouldn't agree to anything today and is still only letting me see my daughter one day a week, regardless of what our current order says. We were pushing for a final hearing date to be set, but my ex's solicitor pushed to have everything resolved in child-friendly mediation with no final hearing. The judge went with her solicitor and ordered that a dispute hearing be set for January to see how we got on at mediation and with the aim to avoid a final hearing. Basically, if there's no final hearing, my ex is just going to continue breaching whatever order is in place and causing [censored]. Mediation will hopefully start in the next couple of weeks, and everything is to continue as it is until at least then, if not until January, or possibly later still. Trying to find the positives: I guess at least something is happening, and even though mediation has never worked before, I guess if it doesn't work this time, at least that will be noted (again!) and might influence a final hearing in my favour. I can always hope.

Cafcass weren't really interested in much of the evidence I had on hand, as expected. I did the parenting plan that they asked for too, which they didn't even look at.

Thanks for the update, progress is slow, but as you say, at least something is happening, even if it feels like you're just going through the motions.

Hopefully when/if it's shown that she really doesn't want to reach agreement and isn't willing to compromise, then the court should move it on and start making decisions. If the January hearing turns into a final hearing, it might be useful to ask for a further review hearing, just to make sure that the final order is being adhered to and working as it should be.

All the best

Yeah, I mean there's just so much stuff which absolutely needs sorting and isn't going to be optional for my ex to not agree to, and given how my ex is just not agreeable to start with, I just don't see things getting resolved, which means this thing is now going to drag on through 2019. It's frustrating, especially when Cafcass recommended to the court in their safeguarding report that this is all wrapped up as quickly as possible for the benefit of our daughter.

Thanks for the tip on the further review hearing, I wasn't aware of that. I'll make a note to mention it to my solicitor when we're inevitably back at court in January.

You're welcome.