Dear JBway Thank you for the update, which seems to say that your partner may now feel confident enough to address some of the concerns that the local authority may have raised about his ability to meet the needs of his unborn child. I think it is important for your partner to try and demonstrate th...

so i had my 3rd court hearing yesterday and been very upset since. My ex completely lied in court about me through his solicitor. Making me out to be an awful parent. And now he is trying to stop my contact with the children all together but my solicitor is not standing for that thank god and said ...

Dear Scaredofsocial2 Thank you for your updating post. It is good to see that there were positives in the report from the psychologist and that there are recommendations for you to work with domestic services. You are engaging with the domestic violence services and want to know whether based on the...

Dear Ash26 Welcome to the parents discussion forum and thank you for your post. Children’s services were previously involved with you family because of domestic violence with your daughter’s father. The case has been closed since June 2018. It appears that the perpetrator received a prison sentence ...

Dear Willow3397 Thank you for your further post and for responding to the question about children’s services previous involvement with your family. In your post you say there were involved because of your stepson’s developmental delay and his being on the ASD pathway. Does this mean that he was bein...

Hello worriedmum81 Thank you for posting again to provide an update. I am pleased that that there has been a positive outcome for you regarding the foster careers behaviours towards you and also in respect of contact. Your daughter at 16 is not, I do not think, too young to discuss her wishes and fe...

Dear Ra123 Welcome to the parents’ discussion board and thank you for posting. I am sorry to hear about the difficulties you and your family are experiencing and that you feel you are being shut out of your family’s life. From what you say it sounds as if there is child protection plan in place for ...

Dear sakurakero, Welcome to the Parent’s Board and thank you for posting. It sounds like your family have had a difficult time and the way forward is still very uncertain. Your daughter made allegations of sexual abuse against your husband and you do not believe she is telling the truth. You have ag...

Dear emz86 Welcome to the parent’s discussion board and thank you for your posts. I see from your post that you had a hearing on Monday and I am sorry that you did not receive a response before now. This is due to the volume of work. I do hope that the hearing went well for you. Regarding your quest...

Dear amrk Welcome to the parents’ discussion forum and thank you for your post. I am sorry that you did not receive a response to your post sooner. From your post I see that you have not seen your child for 4 years but it appears it is not clear if your daughter is living with a parent or someone el...