[Solved] 2nd hearing

It sounds to me like your child is fairly young but over 3/4 years of age. If you haven't seen your child for over 7 months then yes it would be a good thing to have contact built up in a phased way . It don't seem like the allegations are carrying much weight in cafcass eyes as they are recommending contact to be built up. how old is your child in question.. be better for you if they are at school already

Yes they are 8 and 5, both at school. My proposal was pick up from school thursday and drop off at school tuesday morning, every other weekend.

The allegations are ridiculous and i hope CAFCASS realise this.

What was the contact you had in place before all contact was stopped?
What contact arrangements did you have in place?

Hi

I have a second hearing in a few weeks time. At the first hearing the court instructed a s7 report to be prepared. I am expecting this from CAFCASS soon.

My ex wife made numerous allegations against me but in my meeting with CAFCASS the officer told me that she wanted to recommended reintroduction of contact (it has been over 7 months since my kids saw me after their mother stopped contact). I have not heard anything from the CAFCASS officer since that meeting and am a bit lost on what to prepare for my 2nd hearing. I can prepare responses to the allegations made by my ex but what else is usually required?

Any advice much appreciated please?

hi superdad,

my 2nd hearing coming up soon. cafcass will do S7 report and interview me shortly.
have you receive court papers with date for your 2nd hearing? that will tell both parties what they have to do. mine says cafcass will submit their S7 report by x date. both parties are to write a position statement, that includes responses to the s7 report, and send to eachother, and to court before 2nd hearing.

so have to wait for S7 report to come out...

Originally, my kids were with me 50/50 but their mum reduced the time constantly over the course of a year to nothing. Claimed i was an awful dad, was causing the kids anxiety etc.

I know the s7 must be done by a certain date as ordered by court and date of next hearing but not had anything through from court on next steps. I did a position statement for first hearing but didnt get to use it

hi,

cafcass will contact you with next steps. like arranging a date for you to either go to their office for interview, or they may choose to visit your house. if it starts getting pretty close to the deadline for their report and you havent heard from them, then you can ring cafcass office to ask for update.

Thanks Bill.

I had my CAFCASS interview before Christmas so am just waiting for the report from this.