Child access in event of a lock down

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Anyone else worried about this?

Namely if and when we go into lock down? My anxiety is going through the roof panicking that if my child goes to dads and its announced, I wont get to see them for god knows how long.

Will they still be able to go between both houses if not displaying symptoms?

I cant bare the thought of being away from my child as I'm sure dad cant either

I wondered this aswell.... x

I've been thinking about this too. Fortunately my ex-h has limited and no overnight contact. I suspect this week will be the last of it for a while. We've got a court order and are due to return to court in April but I doubt that will happen under the current climate.

Can you communicate? I think this is something you need to talk about. If you are the resident parent, the child stays with you. They will have to facetime or Skype or something. I don't think if lockdown is announced you literally have to immediately go inside. People will have to get home etc. My view is that currently my DS can go between houses, his father lives very remotely on a farm but only about 20 mins away so I would expect him to be returned. My worry is the OW and the child he lives with as I don't know what they do on a day to day basis...the other child is around 13 and as far as I am aware, still in school. It is a really difficult situation so I do understand your worries. My best advice is talk to him and make a plan.

Search for all the other threads on this subject (search for cv, access, contact, ex, dad’s, step children.....) - lots of us have similar worries. I guess it’s going to have to be a decision on a family by family basis, NOT easy if the parents have communication problems (putting it nicely!).
I guess unless we get to the stage of a legally enforced lockdown or one parent is high risk or something, children can be moved, esp if in a car.