Hi,
I am looking for advice from anyone who has been in a similar situation or understands how the process works with CAFCASS.
My ex wife and I have had various disagreements over the past 12 months regarding our 7 year old son. This all started when she decided to call me in June 2024 and inform me she was moving my son away with her new partner of 8 months, changing his school and I would see him every other weekend (I currently have 50/50). This is one of many partners and my son as endured 6 house moves in 6 years due to my ex wife's instability.
I disputed this move on the grounds my son needed stability and to cut a long story short, successfully blocked the school move. However, she did still decide to move in with the new partner in August 2024 and make my son do the long school journey on her parenting days.
In January 2025, my son raised concerns to his step-mother (my wife) of emotional abuse (directly to my son) from the new partner. I won't divulge details, but this ultimately resulted in the new partner being arrested for coercive control and abuse (against my ex wife) and me removing my son from the situation.
My ex wife has since moved house and there is a restraining order in place against the ex partner.
We have managed to come to a custody agreement between ourselves and submitted this via a consent order. I wanted this made legally binding as she kept going against the informal agreement and refusing me my son on my parenting days.
CAFCASS are now carrying out safeguarding checks as part of the consent order process and I have a telephone interview booked (I am aware this is standard process).
I want to understand if the safeguarding checks will flag the ongoing police investigation regarding my ex wife and her ex partner? I just want to be prepared for my sons sake if there will be a full investigation due to this flagging up.
I no longer have any safeguarding concerns regarding my ex wife with my son as long as she does not go back to her ex partner.