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I need serious advice i have been to court 6 times since May 2016 due to the facet my ex ran off with my child since Oct 2015, We have only spoke via text even during hand over we don't speak EVERYTHING spoken is via text which i thought is good as unlike email you can easily verify the origin of a sms text message in the UK and very difficult to fake a sms message on your phone once both sent and received devices are present. Where email content can easily be falsified.
That being said i have text messages of my ex stating "Pay me more money to reinstate access" name calling, lies about how injuries appeared on my daughter and basically statements which are completely at odds with position statements submitted to court.
I also have letter proving my son has an potential respiratory illness from DR's and videos of how the illness had affected my son, the mother has ignored the dates for treatment and lied to the DR's about A: how long the illness has affected my son and B:the actual effects of the illness I.e stops breathing while sleeping, cant breath through nose while eating etc. Letter proving appointments missed with consultants and subsequently discharged from care. Plus consensual telephone calls to prove ex told nursery and DR surgery to not provide any information about my son to me. Plus police reports to prove she lied about harassment at drop off and pick ups via video evidence….
You would think I have a water tight case right??? Wrong my ex learned the 3 most useful statements to any woman whom wishes to win a family court case in the UK…. “He’s a Bully, Controlling and emotionally abusive”. With those three words. (Which are not true nor has she presented any evidence to prove) she has stopped me seeing my son for 2 out his 5 yrs of life.
So far I have not been allowed to present any of this evidence in court the Judges (BTW all female) have never wanted to hear a word from me or my council, and my Final court hearings which were postponed by my ex 3 time are now are gone in favour of a Sec. 7 Cafcass report, ordered (Jan this year) completed by Cafcass whom had 3 months to complete it but only used the last 2weeks??? The Cafcass officer didn’t want any documents/evidence just a 2hr chat???
I return to court in April for the results of the report (which of course painted me as a villain on the brink of needed a DVPP course. SMH).
Does anyone have any advice on what I can do here Please ???
If you have counsel, they should be dealing with this for you.
Section 7's generally only take 2 weeks to prepare but there's always a backlog of cases.
If your next hearing is a one hour review to discuss the S7 recommendations - you can submit a short position statement on the day. If you or the other party disagrees with the S7 rec's it will have to go to a final hearing and you should then get permission to file a statement of evidence.
If your next hearing is a final (which would be somewhat unusual, then you should have permission to file evidence or be asking the court in writing.
Let us know how your S7 rec's go.
Best wishes
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