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Quarantine and Shared Parental Care

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burlmouse403 · 08/08/2020 19:15

Can anyone help with the rules around quarantine and shared parental care? My ex husband and I both have 2 weeks with our children each summer to go on holiday. He booked his for late July/early August and I booked mine for later in the summer holidays. I booked a week away in the Balearic Islands with my partner for the first week he had the children. The day after we landed they changed the quarantine rules. We booked the holiday at the beginning of the year before Covid and despite having reservations about going we would have lost the money as by that time they had reopened Spain so our flights, hotel etc were still operating. I have been single for many years and am now in a great relationship so also wanted to have some time away with my partner after lockdown. I have been back over a week, had a test which was negative but my ex is not allowing me to have my children back as agreed due to quarantine. My children have never been away from me for more than 2 weeks and that has only ever been a couple of times and my son has learning difficulties and finds changes to routine very difficult. Obviously during lockdown children were still able to move between homes when children were separated. I know my ex is doing it just to get at me and most of the time I can't be bothered to rise to it but I genuinely think the risk of them not being back with me as planned is worse than the risk of infection. Has anyone else been in this position? The rules seem to be unclear on this point.

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dementedpixie · 08/08/2020 20:41

You are supposed to isolate for 14 days regardless of a negative test as you are still within the incubation period.

Racoonworld · 08/08/2020 21:03

Yes sorry I can understand his point of view. You need to quarantine for 14 days, would be pretty miserable for your children as your not allowed out of the house at all. There’s also the risk of infection to think about as your still within the 14 day incubation period.

Barbie222 · 08/08/2020 21:39

I think your children are better off with him until you are out of quarantine, sorry.

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