Mediation

Guest101

Cheers I'm so very glad!

Feeling positive and in control of my destiny.

Guest101

Another daily dose of the saga, as one of my mates refers to it as...

Statement made and signed.
Forms for child arrangement and PR filled out and signed.
So far upto date with fees, except one thing. need to find £215 by monday.

Well cheque by monday (where's my bloody cheque book?!?!), so money by tuesday / wednesday.

Keeping the faith.

KxMx

I think there are a lot of dads out there who should take a leaf out of your book Guest101!

Guest101

KxMx wrote: »

I think there are a lot of dads out there who should take a leaf out of your book Guest101!

Thanks.

£600 spent by monday. I know long term it's going to be worth it, i just think how many memories that money couldve made for my son.

Pixie5740

Another way of looking at it is if you didn't spend that £600 you might not be making any memories with DS full stop. You don't need money to make memories, you need time.

Guest101

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Another way of looking at it is if you didn't spend that £600 you might not be making any memories with DS full stop. You don't need money to make memories, you need time.

You're right of course.

Think i might right a book after all this is finished!

squeekswhenwalking

Just read your post mate and it must feel like sh*t at the min. I went thro similar nearly 20 years ago missed seeing my daughter for a while, then when I did the ex made it awkward to arrange anything . Things do get better tho and me and my daughter have a good relationship and I now see my grandsons all the time. Just wanted to give you some moral support.

Guest101

squeekswhenwalking wrote: »

Just read your post mate and it must feel like sh*t at the min. I went thro similar nearly 20 years ago missed seeing my daughter for a while, then when I did the ex made it awkward to arrange anything . Things do get better tho and me and my daughter have a good relationship and I now see my grandsons all the time. Just wanted to give you some moral support.

Cheers.

All this precious time skipping away.

I'll never forgive her - though time might make me feel different.

elsien

With regards to access - obviously it depends on your work circumstances and what time you can get off, but what about half terms?
My brother asked for (and was awarded by the court) half of all half terms and holidays. He also has every other weekend from Fri pm to Sunday pm, and an overnight stay picking up from school and dropping at school the next morning on the week where he doesn't have the weekend. This is just an evening visit on the week of the weekend stay. He also had Christmas written into the agreement so that the half of the Christmas Holidays gives each of them Xmas day in turn.
I don't know how old your child is, but he also let the school know he had parental responsibility so he gets copies of all reports and letters about school related activities. This was because the ex was not passing the info on and he was missing out on concerts etc.
She also refused mediation and had a tantrum in court, which really didn't do her any favours at all.

Guest101

elsien wrote: »

With regards to access - obviously it depends on your work circumstances and what time you can get off, but what about half terms?
My brother asked for (and was awarded by the court) half of all half terms and holidays. He also has every other weekend from Fri pm to Sunday pm, and an overnight stay picking up from school and dropping at school the next morning on the week where he doesn't have the weekend. This is just an evening visit on the week of the weekend stay. He also had Christmas written into the agreement so that the half of the Christmas Holidays gives each of them Xmas day in turn.
I don't know how old your child is, but he also let the school know he had parental responsibility so he gets copies of all reports and letters about school related activities. This was because the ex was not passing the info on and he was missing out on concerts etc.
She also refused mediation and had a tantrum in court, which really didn't do her any favours at all.

Cheers, glad to hear a good news story.

Makes it hard to trust people at the minute.