Father of my four children arrested for possession of indecent images
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:16 pm
Hi
I'm not sure if I'm posting in the right place but looking for help especially if anyone has been in the same situation.
Eleven months ago I found indecent images of children on my partners phone, I handed the phone to the police and he is still under investigation. I ended the relationship at this point and he has not had any access to our 4 children ages ranging from 8 months to 5 years old (1 boy and 3 girls). Upon my ex partners arrest Children's services came to see me, I had a glowing report from them saying that I was being a very protective mother and the children were happy and well looked after. They closed the case as they felt there was no need for any involvement at the time.
My Ex partner is now in the process of trying to get access to the children via the family courts. I believe the courts are waiting to hear the full outcome of the police investigation but I don't really know what happens in these cases. I obviously already know my ex was looking at prepubescent girls (mainly). As you can imagine I'm very concerned.
I have not had any more contact with Childrens services as CAFCASS have so far been preparing reports for the court. Do fathers who are charged with possession/making indecent images automatically get contact with their children? What involvement would children services have if my partner had contact? My children are all so young they barely remember their Dad now (up until the court ordered him to make indirect contact with them via letters recently) they had barely heard from him. Our youngest child has never even met her Dad. He wasn't a very involved father and therefore the children were very use to him not being around even before all this happened as we lived separately. When he stopped seeing the children they barely asked after him or acknowledged that he wasn't around. I am deeply sad and sorry to them that I picked such an awful father for them.
I am a loving and very caring mother and I want to keep my children safe, will Children's services help me?
If anyone has any experience of this I would love to hear from you.
Thanks for reading
I'm not sure if I'm posting in the right place but looking for help especially if anyone has been in the same situation.
Eleven months ago I found indecent images of children on my partners phone, I handed the phone to the police and he is still under investigation. I ended the relationship at this point and he has not had any access to our 4 children ages ranging from 8 months to 5 years old (1 boy and 3 girls). Upon my ex partners arrest Children's services came to see me, I had a glowing report from them saying that I was being a very protective mother and the children were happy and well looked after. They closed the case as they felt there was no need for any involvement at the time.
My Ex partner is now in the process of trying to get access to the children via the family courts. I believe the courts are waiting to hear the full outcome of the police investigation but I don't really know what happens in these cases. I obviously already know my ex was looking at prepubescent girls (mainly). As you can imagine I'm very concerned.
I have not had any more contact with Childrens services as CAFCASS have so far been preparing reports for the court. Do fathers who are charged with possession/making indecent images automatically get contact with their children? What involvement would children services have if my partner had contact? My children are all so young they barely remember their Dad now (up until the court ordered him to make indirect contact with them via letters recently) they had barely heard from him. Our youngest child has never even met her Dad. He wasn't a very involved father and therefore the children were very use to him not being around even before all this happened as we lived separately. When he stopped seeing the children they barely asked after him or acknowledged that he wasn't around. I am deeply sad and sorry to them that I picked such an awful father for them.
I am a loving and very caring mother and I want to keep my children safe, will Children's services help me?
If anyone has any experience of this I would love to hear from you.
Thanks for reading