What is the approx age that childs wishes will be taken into account re: contact with NRP

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Just that really. DS 9 cut contact with dad in March due to emotional abuse.,dad has consistently dropped in and out of his life for 4 years. I know from searching these forums many times that there's no exact age. But would people mind sharing their experiences of this situation if they have any.

I have heard of children as young of 5 being asked. The key is not so much age as maturity. Has his dad applied to court?

No. Never been a court order. Longest he's kept contact up since 2014 for was 6 months

Solicitor told me they would listen to all children but not necessarily act on those opinions unless the child was above 12 or so apart from in the cases of horrible abuse.

Exactly as Diamondsandstones says.

Mine were 9 and 5 and they were listened to and they no longer have contact. DV involved and case was 3 years long. Many interviews with the children, counselling and intervention.

With mine it was 10 and 8.

Younger dd was terrified she’d have to have contact till she turned 10 & begged the CAFCAS officer not to make her go alone.

They both spent years wishing their lives away waiting to be old enough to refuse to go contact.

Ex was v abusive and very litigation happy, he’d self represent using reps from fathers for justice members as McKenzie friend.