I have a court order in place for my dc4 which says that as of summer 24 dc will have to spend 3 entire weeks with nrp. Just to clarify it does say 3 weeks to be taken all once and not separated. This order was made when dc was being referred to the paeds autism team so didn’t really take a diagnosis into account.
Since our final hearing dc has had to stay for week maximum during holidays (3 separate weeks during the summer). Dc will often come back tired and will have a regression in some form .. toilet training and lately refusing to feed themselves and want to be fed and with other behavioural difficulties.
My concern is 3 full weeks away will be too distressing for dc, and in addition to the above has not been away from me for longer than a week but nrp will at times go 4 weeks without seeing them. Now I will obviously speak to the nrp about my concerns and see if we can do what’s best for dc but given past actions I think it would most likely end up back in court.
so my questions are, if I have to apply to court what do I apply for, a specific issue order or a cao? And once it’s in court how likely is it that a judge would agree to three full weeks - I do have evidence from dc paeds doc about the importance of keeping a routine and that anything out of the norm can cause anxiety (travel and even school) - and given dc is already doing 3 separate weeks currently that we stick to this schedule despite it also having its flaws I just don’t see a judge changing this aspect.
thanks for reading this far