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Long Distance Contact Arrangements!

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MissB19 · 02/11/2022 17:55

i really hope someone can help.

I have been going through family law since 2019. It is never ending.

short version I am full time employed. I have lives with order. my daughter lives with me. I am to travel to half way point every other weekend to facilitate fathers contact.

I receive no cms as father hides income. All of this is frustrating but not my issue.

the court refuses to take into considered that I have 100% of my child’s life cost but demanding I take on 50% of the travel cost to facilitate his contact. As “that’s fair and just”

we live over an hour away from each other.

I have expressed my stress. My sadness. Anxiety. As I genuinely cannot afford to take on any costs.

i am desperate to find some case law in which the court took into consideration the realism of the fact of finances. As the judge keeps saying by law he can’t consider my situation.

OP posts:
prh47bridge · 04/11/2022 19:31

Whatonearth07957 · 04/11/2022 18:45

Keep proof you've had children available for contact. State you don't have funds available for transport. If he applies under the court order represent yourself saying you have prioritised the feeding and shelter of your children in the face of zero contribution.

The court already knows that. It may well be part of the reason she has only been required to meet 50% of the cost of contact, given that she is the one who moved.

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