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Co parenting ex with diagnosed borderline personality disorder

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Missturtle · 12/01/2018 09:10

Having a personal issue that I'd love some guidance with if possible. Is there anyone on here that has experience of co parenting when the father (ex) has been diagnosed with bpd? My twins father was diagnosed with this a few years ago and we have been to court a couple of times regarding my concerns over his ability to parent safely basically. Court ruled 2 yrs ago that I have no legal right to make them available to him (zero contact) due to his disengagement with the process (he refused to write a position statement and refused to obtain MH report, and left the proceedings). Since then i worked with him to support him having contact. For first year alot was short term and supervised. Then we worked towards him having them alone and it has always been something we communicated about and had a safety strategy in place for times when he felt unable to cope. We worked up to him having them overnights and although it was going well he had a crisis in his relationship and disclosed stuff to me that makes me worry. I have huge concerns over my twins emotionally safety in his care. I limited contact to phone and was going to allow him to come see them in my home but he has been very hostile towards me the point I had to stop even the phone contact as it would result in him telling girls I'm stopping him seeing them and then verbal abuse at me I approached mediation for a way to resolve some concerns but he has refused this and is taking it all back to court again. My query being is there anyone who can signpost me for any professional support or agencies please. I am going to try camhs and social services but wondered if anyone knows of any other services I can go to for advice. I need a professional agency who has experience of this and can make appropriate assessment of how his bpd could affect my girls emotional well-being. Sorry if this is hard to make sense of. This is a very difficult time for me 😢 xx

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