Hi all,
My first post but I've been hovering for a while.
I separated from my STBXH exactly a year ago after a very sour argument. To cut a long story short my DD was very very poorly and I was failing to perform my 'duties' as a wife. Upon refusing to comply I was spat at and so I pushed STBXH off.
When we split he left the family home and took 2 children with him - so he'd get a 3 bed house!
After lots of terrible issues over contact he decided one day that my DS (then 3) is half his so took him.
I applies to the court for a contact/residency order to ensure that the police can return the children to me if he does it again.
We had the hearing in the summer. At the time I had arranged contact every weekend, one night in the week and half school holidays. When we got to court he had no legal representation and told them he couldn't cope so the contact was dropped right down so he sees each of them (split) for 2 weekends a month.
Tomorrow we have another hearing and he has been granted legal aid on the grounds of donestic abuse - apparently he was depressed so he got the GP to confirm that it couldn't be proven it wasn't caused by abuse!
Now apparently he'll get a larger settlement in the divorce if he has the children more (7 kids + him in a 2 bed house) and he thinks he can get the house too.
He was given contact with our youngest at the last hearing but has only seen her once for 20 minutes.
Does anyone know what happens when parents disagree?
I don't think he should continue to split the children up most weekends because they are having no chance if growing up together.
Plus - I've been nice - he's not exactly top dad!
I'm worried about this dragging on because I've had to donate my Christmas fund to my solicitor!!
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Pumpkinpie11 · 12/11/2013 22:54
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