Hello,
My daughter is 8 and has no formal contact arranged with her dad. He and I split almost 3 years ago and because of his abuse of me I had until very recently a non-molestation order in place. I also have a court order which states that she lives me until she is 18 and although he has joint parental responsibility, contact was left to him to arrange via a solicitor which he has never pursued even tho he stated in court that he would. He also refuses to pay child maintenance.
This is all relevant to my question I think....
My dd is currently having investigations and tests for a hormone condition and whilst everything has come back clear/normal so far the last thing to check is her pituitary gland so she needs an MRI. The chances of a tumour or anything else being discovered is small but there is still a chance...
So, if something is discovered should I contact her dad? Half of me thinks that it would be absolutely the right thing to do but the other half of me thinks that as his has more or less abandoned her then he has also abandoned his parental responsibilities as well. He has done nothing for her at all even though he lives 5 minutes from us. What would you do in the same circumstances?
Thanks for reading x