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Hi Guys
Just to let you all know i had my first supervised contact visit yesterday and it was fantastic! The mother of my children has stated before that our children do not wish to see me and are petrified of me! What a joke that was, At first they kept me in a separate room away from the girls the superviser then asked the girls if they would like to see me! Next thing i new both girls came running into the room and gave me the biggest cuddle i could wish for we then played for an hour before they had to leave. I have got to admit it is not nice being watched you actually feel like you have done something wrong when you havnt.
Just a question will this help me in my court battle for access
Best Regards
I've been told that supervised contact is almost always a route to unsupervised.
Who arranged this for you?
Was it CAFCASS?
I have some supervised coming up very soon and there will be notes provided to CAFCASS and subsequently the court to "prove" I know how to parent the children. At first I was quite put out by the idea as I've been a father for almost 30 years but then I realised, I'm going to end up with a "certificate" of being a good dad! Win win.
I'm glad it went well for you - here's to the future for you and your children.
Excellent well done this is great news 🙂 You're well on the road now and it will naturally progress to unsupervised then having them on your own it's a killer seeing them for an hour every 2 weeks but just stick in there and all will come good and yes it will go in your favour at court 🙂
What a great start and I agree with Slim in that you can expect progression...you will get there I'm sure!
Thanks Guys
JustDad yes it was cafcass that recomended this
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