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Hi all,
New to this site and was hoping for some help.
Have had a letter from HER solicitor, requesting we settle child arrangements out of court in quite a “demanding” and bullying nature ..
Hiwever, am I right in thinking any correspondence from her solicitor to myself should also have been sent to the courts?
Thanks all
Barry.
Hi there
Have you made an application to court for a Child Arrangements Order? If so, it's usual for a solicitor to send copies of correspondence to the court too... but some don't and to be honest not much is done about it.
Have you already attended mediation? Some solicitors will try and bully litigants that don't have legal representation, just don't rise to it and stick to your guns, unless you have a solicitor in which case let them deal with it.
If you don't have a solicitor, you can agree to mediation/further mediation to see what's on offer, or you can say briefly that mediation has been attempted and as agreement couldn't be reached you now feel it is a matter for the courts to decide.
Look, it's always a good idea to try and keep negotiations out of court, if you can get what you are happy with without resorting to court, my advice would be to get her solicitor to write it up as a Consent Order and get it rubber stamped by the court to make it legally binding.
All the best
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