Getting Father to help

[Attachmentissue]

Hi, I've just joined to ask for advice on trying to get my ex to have some parental responsibilities for our adopted son. He does pay maintenance but he refuses to have anything to do with him. My boy has a lot of mental health issues due to his past and I am struggling to cope on my own.Is there any legal way I can approach to get him to take responsibility?

Your poor son, why does your husband want nothing to do with him?
I honestly don't think you can do anything legally to force your ex husband to help care for the boy, he pays maintenance and the law will consider that sufficient, albeit unfair. He doesn't sound a good man at all but some people can't cope with children's illnesses.

Maybe it would be possible to get someone suitably experienced to help you, give you time off, which would involve paying but it's possible your ex's maintenance could be put up to cover that. Something to look into, Attachment.

All the best .

How old is your son? And do you have a social worker or other relevant body involved in his life?

Sorry to read that your ex doesn't want to have anything to do with him, but in the eyes of the law if he's paying 'sufficient' maintenance - and I use that term broadly - then you can't make him want to spend time with his son.

Is the break-up recent, is it more that he doesn't want to speak/deal with you or that he's explicitly declared that he wants nothing to do with his son?