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8 month old parenting plan

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Merfeke10 · 22/12/2024 05:34

My partner and I have recently split we have a son together who's 8 months and he has taken on the sole father role for my 3 year old daughter too.
He has only in the last month asked for his son over night again after months for not. Of course I'm the controlling one because I am not saying yes to two nights though which now his mum is guilt tripping me for. They are both telling me that court will give him 50/50
Firstly not her she's not his biologically.
And secondly If I'm primary carer for my son would they do this at 8 months?
I wrote up a parenting plan he asked for
It gives him three nights a fortnight. One Saturday night all day sat and sun. The following week Friday night all day sat. The option of him having sunday after the Friday is there if he wants it and talked bout by the Wednesday before hand. Then 2/3 days a week after work with the following week Wednesday night sleep over. I also added any days he wants off or appointments or plans for either of us sure just let each other know. Same with holiday let us know a week minimum ahead. He works 5 days a week. But me saying no to two nights till he's alreast one, am I being unreasonable. It causes my so much anxiety which is why I'm trying to make up for it in all ways and never excluding my daughter

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EliflurtleAndTheInfiniteMadness · 22/12/2024 06:31

You've posted in the wrong section, if you report your post MN can move it.

I wouldn't be giving him all the weekend days, bad precedence to set. You'll want half of those when he's school age. So he wants 2 nights a week? Does he want the two nights in a row? If its 2 nights a week the problem you might have is you've already said yes to overnights and 4 a fortnight isn't much different from 3 a fortnight. However you're supposed to try mediation first and DS could be several months older before you get to court anyway. I expect at this age 50/50 would be seen as something to work towards and the expectation might be to make a plan to work towards that. Its always hard to tell what outcome you'll get from family court

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