Has he got another child?

[betterthanever]

As part of a recent contact court case CAFCASS produced a report on safeguarding issues. In it, my ex was shown to have been involved in another case where cafcass where involved. That case is now closed it says and just gives the case number.
Are there any other reasons why he may have been involved with cafcass or does this mean my DS may have a half brother/sister he has never mentioned to me?

It could mean that or could mean that he was in a relationship with another woman who was going through custody/private law proceedings with her children and he was named as her partner. Alternatively itcould that he was the subject to private law proceedings in his own childhood

Thanks Dancing. My sol mentioned that he could have been someone else's partner in a case but as cafcass have not even asked me if I have another partner I wondered if that was an option. I also wondered if that had given him the idea to take me to court as he has never been seen for 7 years and my DS doesn't know him. I had never thought about his own childhood.

Omitting the names of any individuals involved, is it possible for you to state the actual wording contained in the Cafcass report relating to your ds?

On the face of it, it seems likely your ex has another child or children. Was he previously married? If you weren't married to him, is he named as the father on your ds's birth certificate? If so, it may be worth a trawl through the Registers of Births to see if he's fathered other dc but, unless he has an uncommon surname, you may need to apply for copy birth certs to obtain proof absolute.

Is there any reason why you can't ask him?

Great questions izzy
My sol has the report I should have had a copy sent already get a copy soon. But I think it just said the applicant only had been involved in another case involving cafcass. Case closed .. and then the case number. So no detail at all. It was at the top of the report near police and local authority checks.
I can't ask him myself as the last time I saw him (other than in court) over 7 years ago he was threatening to hit me, my ds was three days old. He had left me months earlier and was abusive then so no loss. We are not in contact at all and I am hoping to keep it that way. We were never married and he is not on bc, I don't know if he has ever been married. Part of my issue with direct contact to my DS is his refusal to give me any information about his life and sadly what I have managed to find out has not been positive. At least my cafcass officer knows the details of this other court case and maybe more he can't tell me.

Is your ex looking for contact?

Yes he is asking for contact.

If you have some money, hire a PI to find out details of his life.

Is disappearing and changing your names an option?

I wish it were baby I really do.

If i were you and it was do-able, I'd do it x

It just isn't possible. BUT sometimes when things get really bad you can make the impossible happen I guess so I will not rule it out ....