Dear VB2008, Thank you for your post. You say that your son is has been in care for the last 7 years. You say that the circumstances around this were unusual and unjustified, and that you now do not have any contact and do not receive any updates from children's services. You have tried to contact t...

Dear Mimi3, Thank you for your post and welcome to the parents' forum. You say that you have been with your husband for 10 years and that you have 3 children. For 5 years, he was abusive towards you. You say this ended 2 years ago and that since then his behaviour has changed. You recently told him ...

Dear Mumtobe2024, Thank you for your reply. I am sorry to hear of the stress you are experiencing. Whether or not children's services endorse a move to unsupervised contact may depend on a number of factors, including the outcome of any risk assessments and the extent to which you work with services...

Dear Anxiousandscared Thank you for your post and welcome to the Parents Forum. I am sorry to read about your family’s situation and that you have not been given a clear ‘picture’ of how to proceed with the involvement of children’s services in your family life. You have said that there is a section...

Dear dollyg Thank you for your further post. You state in your post that your partner was not deemed a risk until you decided to be in a relationship. From your previous post I see you mentioned that your partner had been released from prison with many conditions, this suggests that he is considered...

Dear Silverado, Thank you for your reply. You say that you will contact the social worker but that you are not sure if children's services are relaying different expectations to you and your wife. You say that your wife says that children's services have identified distress in the children and is at...

Dear Smee83 Welcome to the parents’ discussion forum and thank you for posting. My name is Suzie online adviser at Family Rights Group. I see from the post that you have posted on behalf of your friend, mother to a 13-year-old boy. There are appears to be several issues which are of concern regardin...

Dear HelenofTroy Welcome to the forum and thank you for your message. Unfortunately, you are right that our advice service currently covers England only. Whilst there may be content on the website (e.g. in relation to section 47 child protection enquiries) that you may find useful, we unfortunately ...

Dear SAE0524 Welcome to the parents’ discussion board. Thank you for your post. My name is Suzie. I am Family Rights Group’s online adviser. I am sorry to hear of the difficult situation you and your family are going through. You have explained that you have struggled in the last year with your 15 y...

Dear Me3232, Welcome to the parents' board and thank you for your post. Your daughter is 19 months old. When she was 7 months old, you found out that your ex partner had been unfaithful and that he had ex-wives and children that you did not know about. Once your daughter was born, your ex became vio...