Isolating child moving between houses??

[FlatteredFool]

Test and trace have said to isolate. What do people do in separated situations where the child would normally have contact with the other parent? My understanding is that stay at home means just that and I'm the one who would be fined as the child lives with me.

As an under 18 they don’t need to isolate unless they have had a positive test result. If they are positive they stay exactly where they are for the ten days.

Sorry, just to clarify, yes, dc is the positive one and must isolate.

@FlatteredFool

Sorry, just to clarify, yes, dc is the positive one and must isolate.

Then they absolutely should stay where they are.

That's my understanding too. Her dad sees no reason why she can't go to his and spread it round.

@FlatteredFool

That's my understanding too. Her dad sees no reason why she can't go to his and spread it round.

IN which case I'd send her and she can isolate at his house. More fool him if he is willing to risk himself.

(assuming that it would not distress your child being away fro you for that amount of time).

Ds's friend's little brother is positive at the moment. His parents are still together yet they have still chosen to keep child with mum in a separate part of the house with dad looking after the non positive children (another child in the house is CEV so I do realise there are additional factors in play here) but it's just common sense that you try and avoid as many people as possible from getting it.

@FlatteredFool

That's my understanding too. Her dad sees no reason why she can't go to his and spread it round.

I'm sure the instructions are if someone has tested positive they must stay at home/indoors and must only leave the house to go get a pcr test or to seek medical assistance.

He knows better

This was covered in Parliament. Nadine Dorries said the child is allowed to move between houses, even if positive and isolating.

You are allowed to leave isolation to "fulfil a legal obligation" and in cases where there is a court order stating where the child should be, this counts as a legal obligation.

"In response to a Parliamentary Question in November 2020, the Department of Health and Social Care said that “if a child has been instructed to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace […] where possible, the parents or guardians should arrange for a child to remain at the same address during their period of self-isolation”. Regarding joint-custody parents and an individual leaving self-isolation, the Minister, Nadine Dorries, stated:
There are a limited number of circumstances where an individual may leave self isolation, including where there is a need to fulfil a legal obligation or it becomes impracticable to remain at the original address provided for self-isolation. These circumstances may apply where there are legal arrangements governing the time a child spends with each parent. We do not offer advice on specific circumstances as each scenario is different for every family."

https://childlawadvice.org.uk/coronavirus-separated-families-and-contact/

DS stayed with me at my house. My ex's partner is asthmatic and didn't want to catch Covid.

Yes, DC should stay put and isolate.

Only pragmatic exception would be if there were a CEV person in the household and domestic circumstances meant that the vulnerable person couid not be protected from the positive case and could not be the one to move out, in which case a single journey to a place where DC will stay for their isolation period is the lesser of risky evils

Does his dad want to catch covid?!!

If he wants to go I'd ask that every member of the household agrees not to blame him if they die

He works in Health care with very vulnerable patients and doesn't give a shit about potentially spreading it around his unit.