How many times can he take me to family court?

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Just that really, how many times can ExP take me to family court for contact?

He was deemed unsafe for contact with DD and given indirect contact via email just under 2 years ago. I’ve just received an email from Cafcass asking for a safeguarding phone call in 2 weeks and for it to be logged for court proceedings. I can’t understand how he can be deemed so unsafe just under 2 years ago and now given another chance to reapply.

We remortgaged our home to fund the legal fees last time, I was suicidal and honestly don’t know if I’m strong enough to go through it again.

Unless the court orders otherwise, he can take you to court as often as he wants.

People can, and do, change. He might have evidence that things have changed. I’m not saying they have, but he might wish to present evidence that he has. He might now want supervised contact.

Sadly he can continue to do so and I suffered this for many years from my gs's violent thug father. He was deemed safe by the Judge but we all had to go back again when he commenced reoffending (serious violence) and contact reverted to supervised.

You can apply for a 91(14) order if there is still such a thing. But there seemed a reluctance generally even after 30 plus court appearances for us. The final judge did make it very clear to him that he did not want to see him back in court again citing the impact on myself as primary carer and therefore the impact upon the children. He did continue until one hearing misfired on him when the Judge asked him if he had any upcoming hearings in the Crown Court. A tumble weed moment indeed.

I am sorry for the impact upon you op. Financially, you can self represent. Easier said than done as it is not a level playing field if your ex has representation but it will ease your financial situation. You can also go to a solicitor for one off advice and sort of pay as you go should a specific issue arise.

Yes, 91(14) orders still exist. They don't completely stop the parent from making applications to court. They simply mean that the parent has to get the court's permission to make a fresh application. However, OP would not be able to get a 91(14) order on the basis of her ex taking her to court twice with two years between them. It would need far more frequent applications than this.

When court ordered indirect contact for my DC. The judge advised to have her judgement transcribed and put on file. So if he attempted to bring it back to court any judge would be able to see her judgement and gain an accurate picture of how she arrived at her judgement and could then see if those issues still existed or not.

it stopped ex from trying again. He was having a ball rocking up to court representing himself whilst I was bleeding money.