Exdp and parental responsibility: advice needed please!

[Queenofthestress]

I've not had a chance to ask a solicitor yet, but if exdp applies for parental responsibility at court can I contest or at least ask that social services do a parenting assessment first? Or is it granted straight away?

Is he not on the birth certificate?

Nope, he was too stoned and hungover to come, now he wants to go on it, 6 months after she was born because his mum has told him he needs to be on it and she wants unsupervised contact with DD & him having parental responsibility means that they can just take her as there's no residency order

So ask for a child atrangements order specifying where she lives!

I plan on going for a contact order and a residency order when I speak to the solicitor on Monday, all sorts of other issues with him that I'm worried about if he has unsupervised contact, was just wondering about this so thought I'd ask on here

You can reasonably ask for supervised contact to start off and routine drugs testing to see that he is no longer under the influence and capable of looking after her.

That's mainly what I was worried about as I've heard through mutal friends (his closest mates so I do believe them) that he's still under both influences even though he's point blank sweared he isn't

The health visitor is of the opinion that he doesn't have the mental capacity (he's due to go into supported housing) to look after her or understand the long term affects of any decisions made for her so asked me to ask the solicitor if it is possible to contest parental responsibility on those grounds with evidence (hospital reports from a consultant from when he was diagnosed with aspergers) if it isn't then she will be getting social services more involved

You can try to contest PR but he'll probably end up getting it. That doesn't give him the right to walk in & take her. His mother has no legal rights anyway.
The court can decide on when he gets to see her & if it has to be supervised. Don't panic about him getting PR, just make sure you explain all your concerns about the risks from his drugs/drink. The court can get assessments done by Cafcass or social services. Ask your health visitor to write a letter that explains her concerns & take that to court, that's something the court will take notice of.

@babybarrister do I need to sort out one after he gets PR or can I get one before?