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Hi, I'm hoping for some help.
I need some opinions to judge if my wife has a chance getting an NMO and occupation order against me .
Wife has applied for an NMO and occupation order on the grounds that I came to our house unannounced. She called the police immediately. We've been separated for 6 months. House is joint ownership but she changed the locks. She basically says in her statement that my visit made her feel stressful, that's it.
Back story: she alleged domestic assault, I was convicted on some of the charges, very minor, paid a fine, judge saw no reason to grant her a restraint order. Wanted to go to our house to speak with her about child contact, divorce etc and she called the police right away.
Does she have a chance. I'm concerned what impact this will have on child contact, case is in the family court. I want to contest it but lawyers are expensive and I'm no good at representing myself in court.
hi,
from what i have read in other cases, NMO's and occupation orders are handed out easily. my ex got legal aid, even thought i have no police record/convictions and police never called out to our house (no NMO order applied for). The best thing you can do is hire a barrister for the court hearings, to contest all this. I know their expensive, but you may be worse off if you represent yourself.
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Hi there
It’s impossible to predict what might happen, but its likely to have an impact, it will probably slow things up and if you don’t have contact at the moment they may order contact in a contact centre.
If you have an ongoing court case for contact, they may want to wait for the outcome of the NMO case before addressing contact.
You could ask the court to accept an undertaking, and to allow some form of communication to facilitate child contact in the future. By accepting an undertaking, you wouldn't be admitting any wrong doing.
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