I have been seperated from my partner for 3 months now, we actually broke up in july last year but due to a house sale and covid we only actually parted this year, we have 2 children, a boy 13 and a girl 8.
I’m renting a new home and have moved my new partner in, now the thing is my ex has used the time prior to us moving a part to basically posion my children against my new partner, so now the children are refusing to stay with me.
There’s nothing legal in place, I’m asking the children to stay with me a lot but they are adamant they don’t want to if my new partner is there, I’m at a loss of what to do. Obviously I’m not going to force my children to stay as I don’t want to distress them, that’s the last thing I’d ever want, so do I just ride it out like this until they decide they want to stop over?
I asked my ex to go to mediation, I had the first appointment but she has refused to go, so I’m unsure what to do, is there anyone I can go to this? should I take my children so a counsellor so we can work through this?
I’m just totally lost.