Hi,
My ex and I are currently going through the family court and have been since June. After the June hearing we were ordered to do a Scott schedule and statements etc as the next hearing was to see if a fact finding hearing was needed. It turned out they didn't think it was necessary, so all the allegations and statements I wrote were basically unheard. My ex has no contact at the moment with ds due to safeguarding issues.
At our last hearing a couple of weeks ago the court have ordered a section 7 report to be done by CAFCASS which I understand can take 3 months to complete. Can anyone tell me exactly what goes into these reports and the sort of stuff I will be asked? Who else will they contact etc? I would also like to know if I can speak to the cafcass officer when they come to see me about the allegations i wrote down for the fact finding hearing and show any evidence i have to back it up. Can this be fed into the section 7 report so I can get my concerns heard this way? I am hoping I can as it was so frustrating to write all that stuff downand get evidence together all for a fact finding hearing not to happen. So I am.kind of hoping if I can speak to the cafcass officer about it they can get it into the report somehow? Or at least to be able to show them I am not a liar as my ex is making out.
We have also been ordered to go to a spip course but looking online about it it seems to say these are suitable only if there have been no safeguarding concerns which there is. Is this correct?