Have also posted this in legal, hope that is OK. Was hoping someone over here might have some experience.
DH has applied to vary his contact order for his son to include longer holiday periods. The current contact order was made 5 years ago after a prolonged court battle. DH has tried very hard to avoid court, has organised mediation twice and tried to compromise, but we are pretty sure that DSS wants to share longer holiday times with us. Currently we only get one extra day per week of the holidays. DH?s ex has mental health issues and has great difficulty coping with decision making and allowing either of her sons to be out of her control.
Is applying for a variation different to making the original application? Does it follow the same procedure, CAFCASS, etc? Will the whole thing be looked at again or just the holiday issue? We are quite nervous as the experience last time was very difficult and DH is representing himself (can?t afford not to).