Urgent court advice indirect contact

[Marley040783]

Hi I have a court hearing Friday, my caffcass report came today which long story short recommends indirect contact for father for 4 months, if consistency is shown then this will go to supervised 2hrs a month ... my question, the court at the last hearing ordered father do a parenting course which he has not done and said he needed access first which caffcass followed up and was a lie, he was then advised by caffcass to do a Solihull online course, by Addendum section 7 completion yesterday no certificate was received by caffcass. How can indirect contact make him safe , who is goi g to monitor him for the 4 months as they have said he needs to demonstrate a stable lifestyle. He is not allowed near children at all unsupervised so can I refuse indirect contact until he actually completes these courses otherwise how is he learning and what risk factors are in place by posting a card every 2 weeks for 4 months.... HELP

You can argue against the CAFCASS recommendations, yes. However, if the court decides to order that he can have indirect contact before he completes a parenting course you cannot refuse. The court may, for example, decide that indirect contact is fine but he can't have direct contact until he has completed a course.

Thank you, I have list of questions to discuss with Caffcass today , I need to know what safety measures are going to be put in place and if these courses are still to be done.

@prh47bridge my worker answered everything I needed yesterday and she has requested that she keeps the case so she can do the monitoring. It's just a case of hoping my phone doesn't ring tomorrow as our hearing was in the morning and court agree to the recommendations.