Mediation

[Fiirefly]

What happens if one parents refuses to go to mediation?
I understand you can't go to court for a child arrangement order without mediation. Does that mean if he refused mediation I couldn't take him to court?

No. If you want to take something to cout you have to try mediation, if the other side refuses the mediator will sign your form so you can issue.

Brilliant. Thank you!

Does anyone know if the father didn't turn up to court whether the judge could issue a child arrangement order in their absence? Or would it get thrown out because both parties hadn't turned up.

My now OH asked his EW to attend mediation and she refused. A document was signed to say she didn’t attend and child contact matters went to court (which they both attended).

I don’t know what would happen if the father didn’t turn up. Is he the applicant?

No, I'd be the applicant.
He wants more contact, I've agreed to 50/50 but I've said I want it as a formal agreement because he keeps going back on seeing our child.
He's said he wants 50/50 but that "if he decides to change his mind then he'll stop having her." That's not fair on our child. She needs a proper routine for seeing him.
Maybe I'm being unreasonable, I don't know. I'm happy with 50/50 but I want it to be a proper set routine for her. He doesn't.
I want to go to court to have something set in stone. He's said he won't turn up to mediation or court. I wasn't sure how it would play out.

I assume applicant is the person petitioning to go to court. In that case it would be me.

Your case may be held without him, but you can't force him to actually do the 50/50 he says he wants, even with a court order. :(

If he does less than the court order says, then at least I can say I tried my best.