I’m a new commentor, I’d say please be gentle but please give it to me straight!
My daughter is 9 and I’ve been separated from her mother for 6 years. We both have moved on, I’ve been with my partner 3 years and her & partner 5 years, however her partner is currently in prison for a long stretch re firearm offences, of which he has a long history of.
When I got with my current, my ex didn’t approve and warned she wasn’t to have any contact with our child, and threatened to block contact with me altogether if she found out. I obviously didn’t comply with this demand, and most of these threats have been false. However, my contact was halved by the mother (fortnightly weekends instead of every weekend) when she discovered we all went out for the day together. I sought legal advice and, to cut a long story short, they advised me this wasn’t a battle I could win so I was reduced to fortnightly visits.
However, after an argument I’ve now been told I will now have no contact at all and I’m going to have to seek legal advice, not for the first time. She also told our child last night that I said I didn’t want to see her anymore, I’m beyond disgusted and hurt.
My main worry is last time I went to a solicitor, the advice they gave me really didn’t help and I ended up failing miserably, the mother has been punishing me ever since. Is there any way of getting through to her, is there anywhere I can turn that can help me? Citizens advice couldn’t help, I don’t know whether to scale a building dressed as Spider-Man or just beg and plead.