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cherrymonster · 18/08/2010 20:40

have linked with thread from chat, need advice about this here

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nowherewoman · 18/08/2010 22:32

I personally would say just ignore it, it's not even an option for her to go and live with him, treat it as you would if you were still together and she said she wanted to go and live with her grandma or aunty or something. Why are you even giving it any thought? I suspect if it wasn't such a difficult time for you, you wouldn't be.

cherrymonster · 18/08/2010 23:21

thanks for answering. i really dont want her to go, i feel he and his girlfriend are ganging up on me as they always wait until its just them and me around. i just dont know how i can tell them that its not going to happen withou violence erupting, i do believe that between them they would have a go at me, and may even try to snatch dd1

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gillybean2 · 19/08/2010 10:00

Cherry start keeping a diary. Write down as much as you can remember from him being unreliable too. Hopefully you won't ever need it, but it's better to take proactive steps now should you find you do. NOte dates, times, what happened (eg dd2 went to friends as he found her behaviour challanging).

You do NOT need to go to court to maintain your situation. He will need to take you to court to change the current arrangements.

Perhaps write a non confrontational letter & keep a copy for future should you need it - say in your letter that you hope he will now make more formal arrangements to see both children regularly, and how it's good to see he is now realising how important it is for the dc to spend time with him and their new sibling. Also mention that you appreciate he has been more reliable lately and this is important for the ds that he continues to maintain this.

Basically covering yourself to show you are thinking of the children and pointing out that this is different to how things were before should you need to use it in court.

I wouldn't mention anything at all about dd1 saying she wants to go and live there in the letter. It is a perfectly normal thing for a child of that age to say and she does not understand that it means she won't see you if it happens.

If he takes it to court the CAFCASS officer will look at what is best for all the children, not just one. From what you've said he wouldn't have much chance of getting sole residency of dd1. Let him waste his time and money in court if he wants to try. You don't need to do anything, just keep loving both your dds.

atswimtwolengths · 19/08/2010 11:50

Yes, good idea about keeping a diary. Try to remember exact dates in the past and what happened, eg he arranged to turn up and didn't.

It sounds as though he's been saying to your daughter "Wouldn't it be nice if you lived here all the time?" and then telling you that's actually what she wants. Take no notice at all - there's no way a court would take her away from you unless you were harming her or making her unsafe. And as someone else said, how come the younger daughter is safe with you and the older one isn't?

To be honest, the thing that really shocks me is that you think he wants your DD1 to stay with him for financial reasons. How low can he get?

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