We're in the family court again regarding our child who has SEN. This was due to enforcement as I had stopped contact due to a safeguarding issue (I did inform the court). Contact resumed once issues were resolved by means of an undertaking until a section 7 report could explore the issues further, and both of us were required to submit documentation about medical issues which could affect parenting.
I now have the section 7 report and am very anxious about how the recommendations will affect our child.
It suggests a massive increase in contact, from one day (no overnights) a week (established in previous proceedings) to 5 nights a fortnight. The proposed schedule could be very unsettling for our child, and does not consider his established activities (which ex has admitted he is unlikely to manage).
Ex did not submit his medical letter in time, it was actually 2 months late. It was written and sent after the Section 7 report was written. The contents of the letter were not mentioned at all in the Section 7 report, and suggest a worsening of Ex's MH issues from the time of previous proceedings. There is little indication that these issues are being properly managed.
Many of the issues raised in the safeguarding report and previous proceedings have been totally omitted, including Ex's drug habit.
Is it relevant that the report seemed "rushed"? Cafcass didn't get in touch until less than month before the report was due. I'd also been advised that a second meeting/phone call would take place before the report was finalised to ensure there would be "no surprises" and that the proposals would be manageable - this didn't happen.
I understand that I must raise my concerns at our hearing, which is next week. How do I go about this? I'm so anxious that the court will simply follow the recommendations and that this will have a huge impact on our child, who has already has difficulties due to his SEN and the issues arising from all of this.
Any advise would be much appreciated.