Social services advice

[niamhzs]

In need of advice!

I am currently 10weeks pregnant with my first. My other half has a son from a previous relationship which broke down and she refused to let him see his son.. now the social services are involved so that he can have regular contact in a 'centre' with his son , as his mother ' didn't feel comfortable ' him being around his son so he had to do a risk assessment due to domestic arguments. ( there is no more to the story I know it's the truth as I speak with his solicitors etc) . Now due to changes my other half is going for full custody of his son and currently going through court proceedings and social services are very involved ..Me and him have never had domestic arguements or been reported for anything, but if he does receive full custody the social will be involved for atleast 12 months and I'm worried that the social will be involved in our babies life? Can his previous record of domestic arguements with his ex partner have and effect on our child? Also if he is deemed 'unfit' for any reason to have his son full time could they say he is unfit to have a child with me! Help

I would strongly advise that you ask for information from your local police under "Claire's Law" to see what is actually in his history. You can go into your local police station, or find info on your local police forces website. This will allow you to see whether the police have been involved with him due to domestic incidents previously. It may well be nothing, but his solicitors job is to get him what he wants not to prioritise the child's safety so I wouldn't say you can take his word for it.

If the court orders that your partner should be primary carer of his child that would be an indication that there aren't significant concerns about his parenting so I don't think you'd need to worry too much about an ongoing level of social services monitoring - they will likely be focused on how the two parents are able to facilitate contact in the child's best interests.