I was arrested last month, and my original bail date was extended to late October pending Child Services report. The solicitors who attended me at my interview sent me a letter confirming the bail date, does this mean they consider themselves engaged by me (I did NOT return the engagement slip they...

Dear worriedmum18 Thanks for your further post. It is really good that you are able to have your daughter with you even though she is subject to an interim care order. As your daughter is subject to an interim care order, am I right in assuming that you still have legal representation in the care ca...

Dear ShadowHunter65 Welcome to the parents’ discussion forum and thank you for your post. From your post it is clear that you are concerned for your boyfriend regarding contact with his daughter and her mother’s behaviour in making things difficult. Your boyfriend need to know whether or not he has ...

Dear Jeshaframar Welcome to the parents’ discussion forum. My name is Suzie, online adviser, at Family Rights Group. You seem to be having difficulties regarding contact with your daughter because of her mother’s unwillingness to allow contact and her allegations of you harming your daughter. Childr...

Dear Broken family, Welcome to the Parents Forum. I am sorry to hear about the recent difficulties you have had and that your family is being assessed by children services. I can hear how stressful it has been. You have also had to cope with your younger child being in hospital for 5 weeks, and your...

Dear Ra123, Welcome to the Parents Forum. I am sorry to hear that your children have been on child protection plans for the last 12 months and the social worker has indicated that she will be taking court proceedings. I understand that you have cooperated with the child protection plan having attend...

Dear Silverfox, Welcome to the Parents Forum. I can see that children services are involved with your family and a child protection conference is being held next week to decide whether or not your daughter should be made subject to a child protection plan or not. You say that people have advised you...

Dear Lollipoplol I am sorry to hear that the social worker working with you is acting in a way that you find intimidating, particularly at a time when you are awaiting the birth of your child. From what you say the social worker is concerned about your partner’s mental health; his childhood; and wha...

Dear A123 I am sorry that you have failed your assessment and that you are worried that you will have a negative outcome at the Issues Resolution Hearing. Perhaps the best thing to do is to ensure that you speak with your solicitor about all the positive work you have done to show that you can meet ...

Dear mva17 Thanks for posting again. I am sorry that because of children’s services failure to get in touch with you and your husband, you are finding it very frustrating as you are not sure about their expectations now your husband has been convicted and sentenced. It may be due to an oversight or ...