Mother reducing overnight stays

babsand16

Hi

Whats the best way to tackle the mother reducing the amount of overnight stays because she is trying to make her son dislike going over to his dads? The father is willing and able to have overnight stays as he has always done.
Reducing the overnight stays will in theory increase the CSA payments required, but this is not the "fault" of the father.

Thanks

shoe*diva79

papa_face wrote: »

Hi

Whats the best way to tackle the mother reducing the amount of overnight stays because she is trying to make her son dislike going over to his dads? The father is willing and able to have overnight stays as he has always done.
Reducing the overnight stays will in theory increase the CSA payments required, but this is not the "fault" of the father.

Thanks

The father will need to apply to his local court for a contact order. It costs £200.

oldtractor

Typical. Its so sad for the fathers whern these awful women have it all their own way.

NotSuchASmugMarriedNow

If he goes to court and applies for 50/50 shared residence he is likely to get it providing he has no convictions for agressive type incidents.

babsand16

Thanks for the feedback.

The father couldn't do 50/50 visitation due to restrictive shift patterns, as much as he'd like to. He's between a rock and a hard place.

clearingout

NotSuchASmugMarriedNow wrote: »

If he goes to court and applies for 50/50 shared residence he is likely to get it providing he has no convictions for agressive type incidents.

that's a sweeping statement and one which I am sure most fathers who have tried for shared care will tell you doesn't usually happen. There are far too many variables to consider whether or not shared care is viable yet alone probable if put in front of a judge. Please do take care getting people's hopes up without them having provided considerable personal detail of their situation and that of their PWC.

kevin137

clearingout wrote: »

that's a sweeping statement and one which I am sure most fathers who have tried for shared care will tell you doesn't usually happen. There are far too many variables to consider whether or not shared care is viable yet alone probable if put in front of a judge. Please do take care getting people's hopes up without them having provided considerable personal detail of their situation and that of their PWC.

It doesn't happen that is for sure...!

wayne0

kevin137 wrote: »

It doesn't happen that is for sure...!

agreed...

infact, my legal aid cert has just been revoked before xmas on the basis that "this is a matter that should be resolvable between the two parties and it is therefore unlikely that a court would issue a judgement in your favour should the issue go to court"

of course ive appealed this (letter straight back in the post) but its unlikely that it'll be sucessful from what solicitor says...

many NRP's have had this letter recently for their legal aid certs...

disgusting eh... we cant even rely on the courts to solidify the childs right to see both families.

shoe*diva79

wayne0 wrote: »

agreed...

infact, my legal aid cert has just been revoked before xmas on the basis that "this is a matter that should be resolvable between the two parties and it is therefore unlikely that a court would issue a judgement in your favour should the issue go to court"

of course ive appealed this (letter straight back in the post) but its unlikely that it'll be sucessful from what solicitor says...

many NRP's have had this letter recently for their legal aid certs...

disgusting eh... we cant even rely on the courts to solidify the childs right to see both families.

It costs £200 for a contact order. Why do you need legal aid?

kevin137

shoe*diva79 wrote: »

It costs £200 for a contact order. Why do you need legal aid?

For a solicitor to speak for him...! Personally i would do it myself, you can say so much more in your own words...

anonx_2

why should a dad have to pay money to see his child (contact order ?)