Domestic abuse and holidays

[Sara182]

Hi. My abusive ex has put in a child arrangements order. Recently he has accused me of hitting of our child and social services are involved. SS have confirmed that there is no risk of me towards our child.

What should I allow for school holidays?

What does court say?

How old is your child?
What are the other arrangements?

If he's put in a cao the courts will have the decision over the holidays and visitation x

Surely the court will ultimately decide? If you can give a view, it should be based on what’s best for your child not based on the issues between you and your ex. If your child wants to and like spending time with your ex then I’d have thought you’d split holidays evenly, alternating key holidays like Xmas. It depends how much time in the week you are dividing the time too, and what your ex wants too. Also if the child will enjoy spending any parts of the holidays with GPs too this might be a factor to build in.

Also social services can only recommend on what they report

If they've done their initial call it's just a recommendation- if there's any dispute over physical violence then the courts will order a section 7 so it's not straight forward and unfortunately not a quick process

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Also depends on age of the child
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Thank you all. Final hearing will likely be in June 23.
At present, it’s 1 afternoon and week 1, Friday night to sat. Week 2, Friday- Sunday for him. This is the interim contact set by my barrister.

CAFCASS said in our first hearing that they were unhappy with the overnight stays due to some of the abuse happening in front our child.

section 7 is already in process.

child is 3.

any advice? I don't want it to seem that im putting my child at risk