How to get sole custody of my son after discovery of images of child abuse?

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My partner was arrested for possession of indecent images of children.
He downloaded videos of category A (the most severe), B and C of children as young as 5 years old, 8 years old, 10, 11 and teenagers.
He is sick and told me he did it for the excitement of the tabboo.

We have a baby together. Is it possible for me to apply for sole custody or something similar and ask for him not to be around my child anymore?
I moved here for him. Is it possible for me to move back to my home (abroad) with the baby?

Thank you

Hold on and think about what you're asking here.

You just asked a woman if her baby would be "actually at risk" from a man who actively seeks out and looks at pictures and videos of babies and children being tortured, sexually assaulted and raped? Really?!

Your threads playing in my mind
what a horrific thing

id return home asap
and get myself to a safe place for me and DD

if that’s what you feel
is best

he can (unlikely ) pull every legal string he
wants

but he won’t get legal aid
he wont win
services are heavily burdened and no one is going to come and snatch a child so their peado
dad can see them

But if you need assurances speak to police

Do NOT do a runner
get legal advice and apply for consent of the court to leave the country via legal order.

You can't say he won't win. You can't say nobody will make her bring the baby back and the police have nothing to do with child and family law. Why do people give such bad advice based on nothing?

Don’t run. Make contact with Social Services and explain that you are going to your home country for support but leave them your details including contact details.

Get a solicitor if you don’t have one (yes, expense, sorry but you’ll need to pay now so you don’t risk the situation where you have to pay a lot more in future). Leave all your details, willingness to co-operate, foreign contact address etc with the solicitor. Give your partner the solicitor’s details and tell him to contact you through the solicitor.

Then run.

Don't do this 🙄
'leaving social services your contact details' won't make this any less abduction.
get a lawyer and go to court. Don't leave without a court order in place.

She’s allowed to holiday during the bail period.

And if she doesn't come back it's abduction. What's your point?

If his name is on the birth certificate, she needs his consent or a court order even for a holiday overseas.

OP please, take legal advice.

Yes , she's detailed above. He's on bail. She reported him herself.

a lot of mixed advice
and strong views

I appreciate the legalities

but , if op doesn’t have the wish , will , money to go through the legalities….,

my honest opinion and based On personal experience is that the risk to her is low if she leaves but does as persona suggests

if this man is foolish enough to have accessed category A
I can’t see him having the ability to take her
to court

sometimes rules need to be broken

She might not have the wish, will or money to go through the legalities but the reality is she can pay £220 now to make an application to relocate, or she can spend a lot more money, stress and time having to come back to this country with the children to fight a court case brought against her if she leaves without permission.

it’s not a lot of effort or cost to make an application as a litigant in person, and all it would take is her ex making an emergency application for a couple of hundred pounds and she’s in a very sticky situation.

Get on a flight and go, don’t ask and don’t tell. You need to protect your child at all costs.

Child abduction (removal from jurisdiction without proper permission) is a criminal offence.

I have had a case where one parent arrested and brought back to the UK for this.

I am a family solicitor.

OP take proper legal advice, and please don't listen to the dangerous idiots on here.

Morning - this thread has been flagged up to us because it contains a great deal of conflicting advice.

It's probably worth reiterating that we can't vouch for anyone 100 per cent on here - this is the internet after all.

And as a previous poster has said, we'd always recommend seeking proper legal advice in real life. Best of luck, OP.