Family lawyers , have you ever heard of this ?

[kittensinmydinner1]

Having a discussion on another thread where 'advice' has been given for a RP to apply for the court to 'formalise' the NRPs contact.

I believed that a RP could not get an order to make her unreliable ex turn up at set times as this is unenforceable and therefore pointless .

Another poster has come on to say that this is not correct as her DH ex was a RP and she applied for a court order to prevent him having contact. (No order in place prior) and ...

'In DHs CAO it states that he has to be available at set days/times if his DS wishes to have contact. '

Have you ever heard of such an order. ? How is that enforced?
Is this a new thing ? Can NRP now be required to turn up. ?

You can now apply to the Court to have a Consent Order sealed - so in effect formalising an agreement already in place - but as you say the Court can't force an NRP to turn up for contact. This is an option following the C100 redraft. Perhaps this is has caused the confusion.

The Court can only put a positive obligatation on RP to make the child available at the times of contact.

So no, can't enforce NRP to turn up to contact. There are no new orders or new enforcement etc.