Where does English law stand for contact/visitation of half siblings?

**PlanB** · 14th April 2013, 17:55:PM

Re: Where does English law stand for contact/visitation of half siblings?

Wow you've done a lot of research into this :nerd: Let us know what your father's solicitor has to say when you see him tomorrow.

I agree with your view that it almost doesn't matter what the law says the problem is how to make it stick in real life.

My ex-husband had loads of court orders for access (now contact) but whenever he knocked on the front door to collect our daughter she legged it out the back door because she didn't want to see him. He had me in and out of court every few months and each time the judge simply made a new order which my daughter simply ignored.

You need to know your legal rights but at the same time you need to work on a strategy to achieve what you want with the children's mother by co-operation. Sometimes you have to bowl overarm and sometimes it's better to bowl underarm to get the right result. You'll get there :grouphug:

**leclerc** · 14th April 2013, 18:33:PM

Re: Where does English law stand for contact/visitation of half siblings?

Sunday girl, in response to yourself. We are in a different situation, 2 girls are going to "forced" adoption and my nephew is in permanent foster care but the local authority are effectively stating they will cut him off from his half sisters when they are adopted which I think is completely and utterly wrong to deny the child the chance to see his half siblings.
I completely concur with your views on the family courts. We are battling and continue to battle over mistakes in the process which has lead a judge to write in his "final judgement" information that is factually incorrect. We lost our battle but believe me we are at war with everyone who has dared to put inaccurate information about the family.
Sundaygirl, in most courts that are open, there is a jury who can throw out information based on whether they believe that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that it is false. In the secretive family courts, the judges tend to throw more weight on "expert witnesses" paid to produce reports and many of them owning their own businesses offering to report as expert witnesses. Furthermore, incompetent social workers are allowed to provide their own interpretations on the court system. We have been lied to, we have been stained(and I think you will know what I mean by that) and we have another 13 and a half years left until we can search for the children. The current system is messed up. Slovakia recently nearly took the UK to the European Court of Human Rights over the issue of taking children from their parents. Australia has recently apologised. I hope to be around when the UK apologises for what they have done. It's an emotive subject and one that I am very fiercely against.....

**MIKE770** · 14th April 2013, 21:32:PM

Re: Where does English law stand for contact/visitation of half siblings?

Remember years ago doing adoption of children the court insisted on asking each one if they understood what was going on and if they agree with what was happening, the youngest was about 5 at the time and two others were 7 & 8. but the system to get that far was a long road with sittings in chambers with court staff and the social workers. the children were my partners then. Our own daughter had to leave the room she was the youngest so not involved. social worker had made arrangements for her to wait outside until the others were sent out.