Statements for family court help

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I'm wondering if someone can help as Google hasn't been helpful in finding an answer. I'm going to try keep this as short as possible.

Currently at family court, ex wants contact after ss involvement and child refuses to have any contact for years, Cafcass has completed their report which child has been listened to and their safety was at the forefront, ex contests report claiming alienation, interim contact of calls were made while waiting for next hearing.

Child has disclosed some worrying things said during calls, one of which I heard from the other room. Child has also repeated these things at school leading to them calling to express their concerns and to his uncle (my brother) when he took child out for bowling and broke down crying mid game so was really playing on their mind. Child has adhd, ASD, anxiety disorder so can be extremely affected by others actions.

I'm working on my statement but wondered if childs school and uncle can also do statements for evidence of how childs been affected?

If they can how would these be presented? And would they need to attend court?

If I can't include this can Cafcass speak to child again?

Child is also refusing calls again and ex is starting to harrass me again through messages because of this.

Any help is really appreciated.

where is the process at? Has their been a first hearing yet?

We're back for a dispute resolution, judge said possible final hearing if we can agree, after section 7 was contested at last hearing because indirect contact was suggest by Cafcass.

I have to send in my statement before then, these are the first statements that have been requested by the judge.

I’m not sure which area you are in, but I would just email the court and ask for permission to provide other statements, however normally the court would request what they need to make a decision, and because they are so pressed for time it’s difficult, could you maybe add some of your concerns in your position statement and how they negatively impact on your child? If you want to pm me it’s fine!, I have been to court numerous times now and just represent myself, also have done a lot of position statements!

I have a similar thread and I am desperate for advice, If you can help sorry to gate crash but I would be so appreciative as am about to initiate proceedings and self rep

The court has to order statements from third parties, and they have to be available for hearings as they may need to be cross examined.

At the DRA you can request for the additional people to be able to provide statements - the court will determine whether they are necessary or not for the purpose of making a decision on contact. If you want to ask ahead of time, you must make a C2 application, you cannot just 'email'.

If cafcass have already said indirect contact, and things haven't gone well with the phone calls, then they are likely to reiterate their original position to the court.

You can refer, as you did in your post above, in your own statement about how the child has reacted.