Ex partner withholding child's financial documents

[BananLady]

My ex husband was the one who dealt with our kids' child trust funds - he was the contact name and when we split, he kept all the correspondence, updated his address and he kept being in charge of it. This was fine at the time as he was being a vaguely reasonable person back then. BUT, both kids are now young adults and he has managed to alienate both of them through awful behaviour. One he still talks to via messenger only, and has sent all their documents on to them. The other has him completely blocked on all platforms and is has been so traumatised by the way they were treated, gets a panic attack at the mere thought of having to contact their father. But their father is refusing to forward on that child's financial documents (CTF, Pension, ISA etc) until said child will talk to him. We have no idea what company any of the accounts are with so cannot go about trying to contact the companies to explain the issue. This is not a small amount of money we are talking about, and without the docs, my child cannot access their money. Anyone got any idea what to do here? Is it a police matter or is it going to be expensive solicitors?

You can go on gov.uk to trace it. Very easy. They will write to the child, as they are over 18.

That's for the ctf.

Just go on govt website find your child NI number use that
He does not have the control you think he does

Also, there's a good chance that he used the same companies for both children so the documents he's sent to one child will give the other a starting point for trying to track their own products.

Surely he would have used the same companies for each child? I’m confused as to why you don’t have the details though, as they’re your children too?

To clarify - both children are now adults so the CTF's have been released to them - tracing them via the gov website is no longer an option. Yes they are my children but their dad dealt with all of this when they were babies as I was very ill at the time - all correspondence went to him only and he took it all with him when he left. No, he didn't use the same companies for each child as the first company apparently pissed him off so he used somewhere different the next time round. We are trying to get the docs for my (now 19 yr old) child's pension, ISA and other investments that their father used the funds from the CTF to start up with child's permission. Said child has mild learning difficulties so cannot easily deal with this kind of stuff by their selves yet. We do not have account numbers for any of the above, not know who they are with so NEED the documents, but ex is refusing to hand them over.

You can Google "trace lost account" or "trace lost pension".
Just follow the instructions there.
Was your ex set up as an appointee?
If so, you might want to apply to have that changed to you (if it's still necessary).

See if your 19 yo can get legal advice from a LawWorks clinic (some are online so you could support them).

I think that in your position I would (with your son's permission) set up a separate Facebook account in your son's name, message ExH off it a few times, ask for the bank details and then close the account once he has provided them.

The alternative would be a solicitors letter....