Contact centre

[xxTaylor]

Just a quick one,
My ex has taken me to court for access, even though he already has access, I've offered Monday and Thursday, then every other Saturday. But he just wants her every other Saturday for a hour. He paid to go to court for this btw.
Long story short, there was domestic abuse, drug use infront of the baby & his brother is very dangerous and has made threats towards me, which police are dealing with.
We went to court a few weeks ago and they said he has to do drugs test, his brother isn't allowed near the baby and his dad has to supervise access. He's only seen her once in 5 months.
Since then, I've been thinking that how do I know he is actually sticking to what court has said. I was ill when he took her as I didn't know what was going to happen with my baby.
Am I allowed to ask for a contact centre? Just for a few times so that I know he's looking after her properly and is building a bond with her?

If the interim order states familial supervision then the time to have requested a contact centre was during the court session. So sadly now you'll need to follow it until the next session. Only if the appointed supervisor is not present at handover would I refuse to hand over the child.

Well he won’t build a great bond seeing her an hour a week!

I breast feed fully, so me and my daughter have a really close blond, so she was not happy when I had to give her to his dad, whom she's seen 5 times in the year and half she was alive!
I've offered more time but he says he has other commitments.

I’m not sure about the contact centre, that’s a question for a solicitor, but this will work in your favour having it court ordered for an hour every other weekend. If he suddenly starts demanding her every weekend to play dad of the year to a new partner etc, you’ll be covered by the court order. He also won’t be able to just keep her for whenever or however he wants if it’s court ordered he only gets an hour.