Obtaining police report for Child Arrangement Order

[joebloggsandco]

Hello, quick question...

As above, I was wondering if I can request a copy of a police report (ex partner) as evidence for an application for a CAO. Or would it have to be through a solicitor...?

Thank you.

Bit of a shameless bump...

Hi

I think it depends were you the victim in the crime? I think there might be data protection issues if not. I would ask the police if you haven't already though. They usually have specific departments that deal with disclosure.

If not you can ask the judge at court to make a police disclosure order which I think they will do if it's relevant to the child's welfare. It would help if you know which police force were involved

Good luck 

Thanks for replying. I wasn't the victim (this time...), and I know which police force were involved. Is it worth me ringing them up?

I have been given the very bare bones of the incident, including the crimes he was arrested for, and the date, but that's it. I assume it will have quite a lot of impact when applying for the order, does the court apply for the report as a matter of course?

Sorry, I am very new to all this, and actually very very concerned that due to the nature of the crime and the fact that he was in the country at the time, despite him saying he was not...

You will need a court order (at a directions hearing). One of the parties takes the lead in filling in a form and sending the order to the relevant police force. If neither party is represented that might be cafcass. Cafcass will speak to the police anyway when doing safeguarding checks, but won't get the paperwork without that order.

Thanks for this.

Sorry to resurrect this. Spoken to my solicitor and she says I can just represent myself...
anyone got any advice on doing this?

I’ve heard police are charging. And it’s LOADS

Charging for what? Police reports?

And it’s LOADS It's not.

So can I just make a request for the police report?

Not you. You ask the court to order it. The police will only then supply the report to professionals involved in the case - the lawyers if there are any or cafcass if there are no lawyers.