Dd self isolating and contact with dad

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Dd is isolating because someone in her class has COVID. She and siblings were due to have their monthly contact with dad this weekend. Siblings will still be going but she obviously won't.

Contact is supervised and will be out in town. Dd is upset about missing it. I am planning to leave her with family member who is part of our support bubble, while I take the others to drop them to and collect them from contact. I don't want to bring her along in the car because I don't think that meets the rules of isolating, and because I think it would be much more upsetting for her to see her siblings going off to spend time with their dad while she has to miss it.

Ex is saying I must bring her in the car to speak to him for a few moments because court order says he can see her, and it's ok because he's her dad.

What is the right thing to do?

You shouldn't even be taking her to your support bubble she is supposed to stay indoors one house

He can face time her

Is it in a contact centre? They might not allow it?

Your decision is right. I am in this exact positron at the moment except ex came to house to get eldest and youngest had to see sibling go off with daddy and cried. It was horrid.

That's horrible Iveput - dd is also the youngest which makes it harder because she finds it really hard to understand why she has to do this.

She's not allowed to leave the house. You're at risk of fines if she does. Just ask him if he's planning on paying those...?

Here is the govt guidance which states that she cannot move houses in her situation:

researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8901/CBP-8901.pdf

Specifically, this bit:

2.2 Children who are self-isolating (England)

Under The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020, as amended, which came into force on 28 September 2020, if an adult is notified (other than via the NHS Covid-19 smartphone app) that their child has had close contact with somebody who has tested positive for coronavirus, the adult must “secure, so far as reasonably practicable, that the child self-isolates” for fourteen days.

A person subject to the self-isolation requirement must not leave their home except for a list of reasons specified in paragraph 2(3) of the regulations – e.g. where it is necessary to seek medical assistance. Visiting a parent whom a child was not living with at the time they were notified of the requirement to self-isolate is not specifically listed as a reason why a child self-isolating may leave the house.

august, that was the exact quote I was looking for before. Thanks.

it wsa a very very long 14 days.

You're welcome, I have it saved on my phone as it's a question which comes up so often and the answer has not been publicised at all! Even now, it's not in the clearest terms.

Support bubble family member can come to my house to look after dd. Thanks - I'll definitely not take her in the car having read the legislation.
As an aside I was very surprised at the list of what you can leave home to do while self isolating. There appears to be some fairly significant loopholes there (I'm a bit shocked tbh)

Yes it is, although it'll down to how you interpret "if necessary", isn't it? (Or "essential", I forget the exact wording.