Child Arrangement Order
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 3:25 am
Hi, my children have been subject to a protection plan for emotional abuse due to the parental relationship. In December 2015, I called the police due to an incident at home. My wife was arrested for attempted criminal damage, but police released her, without charge, but advised not to return to the family home.
She initially went to stay with her brother, I understand from social services that for the past couple of months she returned to parents (abroad, with a return date being sometime June. I want to get a child arrangement order and an occupation order, as currently there is nothing from preventing her coming back to the family home. Will this be possible given that I cannot serve the her with the occupation order/child arrangement order as she is not in the country?
Social services are not prepared to give me a letter of support. Their stance is that they will respond only to a direct request from the court, but what they put in their response to the court will be supporting my case for the order. I have successfully completed a parenting assessment. She refused to take part. She has also been assessed to have 'traits of emotionally unstable personality'.
Any advice would be grateful. I know I should go and see a solicitor about this, but money is tight and solicitors are very expensive.
She initially went to stay with her brother, I understand from social services that for the past couple of months she returned to parents (abroad, with a return date being sometime June. I want to get a child arrangement order and an occupation order, as currently there is nothing from preventing her coming back to the family home. Will this be possible given that I cannot serve the her with the occupation order/child arrangement order as she is not in the country?
Social services are not prepared to give me a letter of support. Their stance is that they will respond only to a direct request from the court, but what they put in their response to the court will be supporting my case for the order. I have successfully completed a parenting assessment. She refused to take part. She has also been assessed to have 'traits of emotionally unstable personality'.
Any advice would be grateful. I know I should go and see a solicitor about this, but money is tight and solicitors are very expensive.