With regards to child's father. He isn't on the birth certificate. DD is 14 months. Her father had contact 3/4 hours once a week ( his choice) for the first 6 months. This has decreased to virtually zero from then onwards with him making excuses etc. He sees her at my house around every 2/3 weeks on a Saturday for 1 hour when he can be bothered then leaves . You would be aswell saying he is a stranger to her. She screams in his presence because she doesn't really know him and he makes no effort with her at all. If anything he sighs when she cries. He doesn't ask about her and has never done anything for her care wise. He does nothing to help me out. Won't change a time or a day if I have something on and has never done any morning/ evening routines etc as he will only visit when it suits him. He has never had unsupervised contact because he has been too lazy to build a bond with her even after I've spoke to him about this numerous times. I'm seriously thinking about moving country ( still in the uk ) to get more support from my family as they all live there as I get zero here. We were never in a relationship. How would this go down in court if he took it that far? I'm thinking he maybe would just for control. I'm worried my 14 month old would have to go holidays with him etc at such a young age when he's never been there for her at all and worried she would have to travel a 10 hour round trip journey every other weekend or something. Basically it would create a better life for us , but I don't want to create that kind of scenario for my daughter if that would be the case. Best case scenario would be if he was committed to visiting etc and then when our daughter is a bit older she could go for school holidays etc. Looking for advice on what the court would likely order contact wise in this situation? Thanks.
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