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Can the baby’s father take the baby away from my parents?

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littleprawn2024 · 20/04/2025 12:56

Due to a long list of transgressions, my ex currently only sees the baby on a Wednesday morning with me there (the baby is 6mo and he cancelled on seeing the baby for 3 of those months) until he gets to know the baby and can look after him.

He’s recently been trying to manipulate me and make me feel guilty about this arrangement - blaming me at times for how this arrangement is.

He showed up consistently for 5 weeks before sleeping in last Wednesday and not sticking to the arrangement.

I’m at a point where I no longer feel comfortable around him due to the way he’s been with me. Our arrangement is informal. My question is - would I be able to ask a parent to go in my place? And if so, would the dad be able to take baby from them without a court order?

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littleprawn2024 · 20/04/2025 20:48

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It’s called going onto a website, sending an enquiry and arranging a call back for Tuesday morning.

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IButtleSir · 20/04/2025 20:59

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thepariscrimefiles · 21/04/2025 17:25

littleprawn2024 · 20/04/2025 13:54

Seems a lot of people are missing the point of the post, my question was can the baby’s father take my baby away from my parents if I’ve asked them to look after him…

nothing was mentioned about contact and I didn’t feel like I needed to justify my reasons why our arrangement is the way it is.

thank you to those who have provided solid advice on the matter

If he took the baby from your parents, would this be because he misses him/her or because he wants to upset and punish you?

thepariscrimefiles · 21/04/2025 17:27

NaiceBalonz · 20/04/2025 14:45

The ship has long since sailed for you to claim the moral high ground.

You had a child with him, you can't turn around and deny him slaccess because all of a sudden he's the bad guy 🙄

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He's always been the bad guy but OP didn't know that straight away. Of course OP can claim the moral high ground as she has no criminal convictions and is a good mother to her baby.

BethDuttonYeHaw · 21/04/2025 17:30

He has the same rights as you do so you really need to get a legal order in place.

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