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I am the respondent in a case to get my daughter to live with me (I am obviously a litigant in person).
Her mother is dead and she is living with her maternal great aunt and uncle.
the final hearing is next week and i've just finished typing up my skeleton argument. Do i have to serve this on all parties or just send it to the court? google is failing me for a conclusive answer.
thanks for any help with this.
Baldy
Hi there
Yes, any paperwork you file with the court you must also supply a copy to the applicants or their solicitor if they have one.
Best of luck for next week.
Hi,
Sorry to jump in on your post with a question rather than an answer - but I was just intrigued why, when the mother died, you didnt get automatic custody as the father? How can the law suggest that living with a great aunt and uncle has precedence?
...it sometimes doesn't work that way. If the mother had been ill and the child had been living with them prior to the death, particularly of the father had been excluded or estranged from the child. Sometimes the mother will make a will expressing her wishes for the children's care.
Nanny knows best indeed. I guess you know what you are doing so best of luck. Check that the other side have filed their paperwork too to avoid delay.
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