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Hi,
After 2 and a half years i finally caved in and got legal advice today and they are going to help me mount a good case in my next hearing on july 6th. All went fine but at the end she did say that after 25 years of family law and court she has never seen a mother go to jail for breaching an order, she has also said mothers very rarely get punished. It just makes me feel that contact orders are not even worth the paper they are written on, as she said if the mother keep's breaching all you can do is keep reapplying for contact until she gives in. i took alot of good advice away with me from the meeting today and have kept positive but now i question what is the point in a family court when the mother can do what she pleases without punishment regardless of what any order says.
This is me talking generally now and not referring to why i have ended up back in this pickle
I will stay positive.
She's right in that not many mothers have been sent to prison but it has happened and also there have been cases where residency has been changed.
I wouldn't say a court order isn't worth the paper they're written on, courts do enforce orders and in the main this works. There are of course exceptions and those are the ones we tend to hear about most, especially on the forum.
Glad to hear you've had some advice and are staying positive, hope things can progress from here.
thank you yoda, your fab as always, as is everybody else on here. ill keep you posted on my case
I think that's partly why the Rebecca Minnock case got so much publicity, because the judge was prepared to be more draconian in his dealing with the case.
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