Long story short - I lost custody of my daughter September 2019 due to my mental health (Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder) Bpd/eupd and my choice in partner.
Background story -
I had my daughter when I was 17 and lost custody of her when I was 21 to her father who has evidently been trying to alienate me from her life.
I am currently going back through court and a Section 7 report has been completed by the local authority recommending 50:50 custody.
I have also managed to obtain a solicitor through legal aid
I am now 23 I have engaged with mental health services I am taking medication and starting therapy from next week. I was hospitalised in July 2020 after I had a bit of a breakdown (I was not on the correct medication and was undiagnosed)
I made social services aware of this and was completely honest.
Daughters dad was arrested June 2020 after stalking and harassing me his phone was seized but police were unable to get onto it as he didn’t give them the correct password so the case got NFA.
October 2020 Social Services came out to do there visits. The social worker said that daughters dad had print outs of pictures of me from last year when I used to do webcam work.
I explained that I was in financial trouble at the time and the only reason I done it was to keep a roof over my head so my daughter has a home to come back to (I was also working a low paid full- time job at the same time and paying daughter’s dad child maintenance)
I have shown them evidence that i stopped webcam work in April 2020.
Social services have no safeguarding concerns from my side of things as I have been completely transparent, open and honest with them.
However, they have said they are concerned that my daughter’s dad cannot see how his controlling, coercive behaviour is effecting our daughter and they can clearly see that he is trying to alienate me from our daughter’s life.
I just need a bit of reassurance I guess!
How likely is it that I will get 50:50 shared care,
Thanks in advance 💗