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...

Dear dollyg, Thank you for your post and welcome to the parents' forum. You have been with your partner for a year and half. You knew each other previously. You have 4 children with your ex-husband. Your current partner was convicted of an offence against his ex-partner, which was serious. You say t...

Dear CV4TG6, Welcome to the parents' board and thank you for your post. You say that your children are on a child in need plan. You have been in a relationship with your partner for 3 months. The father of your children has raised concerns as your partner has a history of domestic abuse - he was arr...

Dear TiredDad2, Thank you for your post and welcome to the parents' board. You say that 12 months ago your children were placed on a child in need plan. You did not agree with this and said that this originated from an inaccurate family assessment after an attempt to get support for the children's m...

Dear JulyBabyComing, Thank you for your update. You say you have reached the end of the assessment period for your unborn baby and that you are waiting for the outcome of the assessment to be written up. Your social worker has told you that there is going to be a PLO meeting soon. You have been told...

Dear Janderson9 Thank you for your post. It is good to see that you have now agreed to the assessment. I know that you have stated previously that the father does not wish to be involved with the pregnancy, but children’s services may wish to satisfy themselves that he does not wish to be involved. ...

Dear WE56Y7 Welcome to the parents’ discussion forum and thank you for posting. My name is Suzie, online adviser at Family Rights Group. I am sorry about the difficulties that you are experiencing with your local authority regarding your son. You say there are no safeguarding concerns, but your son ...

Dear Squiffy 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 about the difficulties that you are having. And that you are finding children’s services’ involvement stressful. It can provoke anxiety for ...