My little one dad hasn’t been around from the outset. He had no contact at all until 1 and a half, then came once a fortnight to our home for 2 hours until little one was 4. At this point I relocated with my little one (300 miles away) with fathers support.
Weve had a year to organise contact; he’s been for contact 4 times in passed 12 months, had no overnights with total of 12 hours of contact on each visit (6 hours at a time over 2 days). I’ve taken little one there for contact 4 times with 1 x 8 hour visit each time.
So in the passed 12 months my little one has had 80 hours of contact with father (more than before we relocated, was just 52 hours then).
I’ve finally plucked up courage to apply for maintenance, he’s asked for a £1000 variation for contact costs. Wayyyy over inflated but it’s been accepted even though I argued it.
Hes now bought a house and is demanding that he comes to pick up little one and has for a full week over summer hols. My little one bearly knows father and won’t cope being away that long. What can I do about it?
Father does not have parental responsibility.
Hes saying I’m restricting contact so threatening through courts. If it does go that far what would he likely be granted? What evidence do I need to start to gather?
Ramblinjon 2 months, 3 weeks ago.
