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for writing a letter myself to his lawyer to complain?

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redbaren · 27/02/2012 22:06

I have been in court now for 6 years with the father of my ds.
My ex is trying to get joint custody of our ds and weekday contact. My ds has told the CAFCASS officer he does not want this.
The judge at the last hearing threw out the interim contact order and said it should be just a final hearing after the cafcass report has been filed.
However now my ex has appealed on the grounds the judge said he did not read all his witness statement...it was nearly 200 pages long!
I have to go to court in 6 days unrepresented.
I wrote to the court today apposing his grounds for an appeal...the cafcass report is not due in until the 13th March.
My x is constantly interragating my son on the phone to find out about me and my private life. He keeps coming round to my house with the excuse he is dropping off a toy for ds. Last week he also showed up twice and at a dentist appointment and his drama class. Plus insists on calling him every night even when he has seen him.Tonight he told ds he was coming around again to drop off some lego as he always forgets things at his house after week end contact and I sent him a text and asked him not to come and to drop off the lego at ds school. I find all this behaviour quite distressing...he was abusive when we were together.
Do you think Im being unreasonable to draft a letter to his lawyer and ask him to stop interragating his son and turning up at the house as it is only causing extra tension to an already bad situation.
My ds is suffering and is becoming more reclusive at school since this all happened, It just breaks my heart...
Ive drafted a letter to the lawyer already but Im nervous about sending it!

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Tryharder · 27/02/2012 22:12

You would not be unreasonable. Could you not afford a solicitor to write one for you - even if for an hour or so?

If not, contact Citizens Advice Bureau and maybe they could give you some idea what to write (if you are stuck, that is, it may well be that you are confident to do so by yourself)

catsareevil · 27/02/2012 22:16

Is the letter to your x or to the lawyer?

The lawyer has no power to make your x do anything, even if they think you are correct they are working for your x.

babybarrister · 27/02/2012 22:18

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smoggii · 27/02/2012 22:19

You need to tell your son's CAFCASS officer and let them put it in the report that goes before court so they can determine what is best for the child, that is what they are supposed to do and they need all the facts to be able to do this.

McHappyPants2012 · 27/02/2012 22:20

i wouldn't send the letter at all, just go through the judge.
A solicitor can easily twist this kind of communication as you preventing access.

cricketballs · 27/02/2012 22:29

although I have no experience of this from reading your post my initial reaction would be not to speak about the dentist and drama class visit as at the moment you have no legal grounds to stop this and it may view you as BU in terms of denying contact/parental responsability

redbaren · 27/02/2012 23:03

The letter is to his lawyer.
I sent him a sms tonight asking him to please stop coming to my house as it was causing extra stress to our already bitter conflict. I reminded him that I dont show up his house all the time. I also mentioned all the other events in the week where we have seen him. I mentioned the dentist appointment to the cafcass officer and he was surprised and asked "why does he need to go?" If we got on and we were not going through yet another year of court battles this would not be so bad but he has made some pretty low allegations against me. I think we should stay away from each other as our ds always feels and hears the conflict.

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prism · 27/02/2012 23:08

Why does your DS not want to see his father during the week?

redbaren · 27/02/2012 23:26

He gets interagated constantly. He says he likes it the way it is and does not want it to change!

Thanks for all your thoughts, prob already slipped up as already sent him an sms earlier asking him to stop interagating ds as he was crying about it tonight,. Ive said it is not necessary to keep coming over to the house if he has already seen ds at dentist and drama this week.

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GoingForGoalWeight · 28/02/2012 08:17

I'm so sorry. Your ex is still abusing you especially your DS, emotionally and mentally. ((hugs)). x

treadwarily · 28/02/2012 09:37

It is pointless, you can only complain (officially) about a lawyer you have engaged yourself, not anyone else's.

redbaren · 28/02/2012 17:35

I want to complain about him to his lawyer not about the lawyer herself treadwarily. I really just wanted all the events to be recorded for the current court proceedings.

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