How do you push for a Section 47?

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CAO in place, ex done a lot of things (neglect/harm/exposure to explicit sexual content) meaning I have to stop contact. Proceedings only finished 6 months ago. A number of serious incidents have happened, but I'm still being told by children's services that as I have PR, and they don't, I must exercise my PR and take it back to the Family Court to stop contact

I just don't get this attitude. If another person in a position of a trust, say a teacher, or a scout leader or something, did what my ex has done, repeatedly and over a significant time period, having already made undertakings to court not to do these things, how an earth is that not now criminal, or at the very least the role of children's services to investigate. Cafcass are not fit for purpose. I'm sorry, but its true, the last officer just copied and pasted her report, it was the same as another mum at the school, its ridiculous, she lied about what the children said and made up stuff I said, none of it provable as nothing is recorded and interviews are 1 on 1. I just dont get how the process and system is allowed.

Can I push for a section 47 to be carried out does anyone know? Am I right in thinking it is more rigorous and reliable process than the section 7 which honestly, I wouldn't wrap chips in.

If it's exposure to adult sexual content then that potentially is a crime - would you consider reporting to police?

As to whether that's something for children's services, it certainly would be if that was something that they were being exposed to at their dad's house and you were not protecting them from it. But if you protect them from it by ceasing contact then there is nothing for children's services to deal with.

I think what you may need to do is to stop contact and be prepared to defend enforcement proceedings if he goes that route, apply for a variation of the court order, and ask for a s.37 report (similar to a s.7 but done by social services not Cafcass) on the basis that you are already in contact with them and they are aware of the situation.

Will the police listen? Everyone seems to be taking the stance that if it is parent it has to be the family court. It feels because there was DA previously that makes them doubly convinced noone else will touch it with a barge pole - yes adult content, of the parent too.
Ah ok, I didnt think of that.