Help with UK family law please..we need urgent advice

[Glenn81]

Hello, my fiancee is currently going through a custody battle with her daughter's father. The daughter (who is 6) does not want to see her father at all and there has been no contact in 6 months between father and daughter. My fiancee's solicitor informed her today that the law has changed in the past 2 years and the situation is that a child officer will come and interview the daughter, mother and father. We expected that. What we didn't expect is being told by the solicitor that if the daughter says she doesn't want to see her father (which she will), the child officer will then ensure she receives counselling for the damage done to her mentally by her father- and basically she will receive this for as long as it takes until she agrees to see him. Surely this can't be true?

[enquirer]

Re: Help with UK family law please..we need urgent advice

Ask the solicitor to provide you with the legal reference, so you can then go and read it for yourself.

[KATWEEKS]

Re: Help with UK family law please..we need urgent advice

Ask the solicitor to provide you with the legal reference, so you can then go and read it for yourself.

what do i do? i have 4 children 2 live with me and the other 2 with their dad. meaning 2 l,a. one in plymouth for two children the other bodmin for the other 2 children. the 2 that live with me are under a section 47 investergation with bodmin. the other 2 with plymouth and the court dealing with our family is plymouth. had court today because i didnt return 2 children to dad because of concreans the oldest two had children had given me. so judge ordered plymouth to report in a week. that was today. when i tried to give judge reasons for my contempt the judge said if the children that resided with me were under investergations the plymouth l,a would know which helen agreeded (helen plymouth social worker) she also reported that i will do anything to gain custordy of all 4 children once again. at whatever cost. so denied any knowledge of bodmin l,a section 47.
when i left court with order that im not allowed contact with my children for over 2 months bodmin social servces called stating the oldest 2 children cannot go to step dads while section 47 is under investergation. she also stated that helen had been informed of this. she then called plymouth l,a and later called me back saying helen refused to comment on oldest 2 children as they were out of her district. but gave bodmin dad number. she phoned dad and stated it wouldnt be a good idea for contact until theyve finished investergating. he agreed. but the problem i have is when this was agreeded before on the advice of plymouth l,a and 1 child didnt go for contact cafcass used it agaisnt me for not making one child advliable. and as the judge has stopped my contact with the youngest two for breaking order and their is still an order in place for contact i have to comply. plus if they dont go then they wont see their sibblings for over two months but if i do send them they could get hurt.

[labman]

Re: Help with UK family law please..we need urgent advice

Hello, my fiancee is currently going through a custody battle with her daughter's father. The daughter (who is 6) does not want to see her father at all and there has been no contact in 6 months between father and daughter. My fiancee's solicitor informed her today that the law has changed in the past 2 years and the situation is that a child officer will come and interview the daughter, mother and father. We expected that. What we didn't expect is being told by the solicitor that if the daughter says she doesn't want to see her father (which she will), the child officer will then ensure she receives counselling for the damage done to her mentally by her father- and basically she will receive this for as long as it takes until she agrees to see him. Surely this can't be true?

I have to agree with Enquirer. There appears to be very little on the internet that is truly authoritative. All I have been able to find directly relevant is that a parent has no automatic right to see their child. It does not expand, so is not much help.

I think asking the solicitor for the legislation and then reading it for yourself is best. Legislation can be awkward to understand, but if you Google the Act of Parliament and relevant section, you'll often find 'user friendly' guides explaining them. :beagle: