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My son has put in to have contact with his son through a child arrangements order. He has a long criminal history sheet which stopped 6 years ago when he moved area and turned his life around.However after extreme provocation both times he threw his ex partners phone and it smashed and also caused damage to her car recently. Police have arrested her on many occasions for assaulting him but never charged her SS are involved and put safeguarding in place that they cannot be together. In an up to date safety plan it states that my son must not interact with his ex partner, must not let her in his home and to call the police when she turns up with their son. They have also said that what is working well is that he has put in this child arrangements order. Will the judge most likely take one look at his record and deny access. Any information would be appreciated please
I'm no expert - But I'll be very surprised if a judge totally refuses to grant access
I think because of the circumstances the judge is likely to offer supervised contact
hi,
because of his criminal record, it sounds like court process will be a big pain in the back side. he can expect to be told things like he would need to see children in a contact centre. if he is seeing his children already at home etc and ex not stopping that, then that could go in his favour and that could be seen that the children are safe with him.
How old is the child your son is trying to get contact to see? Criminal record he has will be seen in family court as historic.
Social services would get involved if it goes to family court rather than cafcass possibly
My grandson is 2 . SS are already involved as we alerted them to issues over 18 months ago . The mother has to live at her parents as they are the protective factors ( supposedly ). However the mother turns up at my sons steaming drunk ,driving the car with my grandson in. We phone the police but they say they have to catch her driving . We have phone recordings to prove her drunk , controlling and abusive behaviour but the new social worker doesn't want to know and won't listen saying they are irelevent. We haven't a clue what we are allowed to disclose at the court hearings to defend himself as she has made out that he is the one doing the harrassing.My son has at least 10 neighbours in the street and area who would be witnesses at court . He has lots of crime reference numbers , and facebook logs of hundreds of missed calls from her. Can any of these be used or shown . Any help would be appreciated. He has no representation and I know he is going to struggle in court . I am trying to forward think and get a file made up for him .
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