hi I'm new here, just had the day from hell,
I've has custody of my 2 children for 6 years, j was 4 and l was 3 when i got custody though the courts buy was of cafcas s7 report in my favor,
since then ex has tired and failed 2 time to get residence back, I've been a great parent giving the children what they need and kids very happy and school happy with them,
well ex tired again to get custody, cafcas was asked to do a report witch they did, September 2012 we went to court for fine out outcome of s7 report,
report said children should stay with me and no shared custody or custody she be given, it did say that children have ask to see ex more, witch i agreed with, well ex decided to take to to final hearing witch was today to fight it, IM working so not entitled to legal aid, ex working living with now partner that works but reduced hours and didn't declare living with new partner so was able to get legal aid, was told to file report to the court witch i did but cafcas officer said keep it to the point, don't write to much and don't be to damming on ex as my s7 report says what it needs to so the court will listen to my report, and she said i will have nothing to worry about,
well i went to see a solicitor about getting repisenation for today and they wanted 800.00 for just today with i thought was too much to pay as cafcas report was in my favor and cascaf said court wouldn't change things.
well walked into court representing myself, ex sat there with solicitor and a top barrister paid for by legal aid,
well judge ask why i wasn't represented,and i explained that 800,00 was too much for me to pay and as cafcas report stated things should stay the same he looked at me and said well that a poor judgment on your part.....
judge then said i read all statements and I've not going to go though them all today as i feel this could be sorted out between partys,so go out the court and come back in an hour, we did that and we sorted new contact out to suit ex s new working hours, alternates weekend contact and 2 nights though the week on other week, so 5 nights contact every 2 weeks, 10 nights every 28 nights, i wasn't happy letting ex having midweek contact as felt kids should be in a routine school night but was backed into a corner to agree, but ex realized they wasn't going to get residence order so was pushing shared residence, her barrister managed to manipulate cascaf offices into changing her mind on share care , we went back into court her barrister told court cafcas agreed to share residence now, even though she had put in her report that she didn't agree to share care. well judge wouldn't let me go though ex statement , all we could do is cross examine cafcas officer witch i did, i said shes changed her mind on her report she wrote and that wasn't fair and that she had told me not to put much in my report as hers covered every thing in my favor, i made it clear that if their was any issued with the s7 report then i would of paid for representation. judge ruled that share resendce is the best think to do as cafcas officer was NOW recommending it, [all because she was manipulated by a top barrister].....surely this cannot be done, i have 28 days to appeal, any advices would be much appreciated.
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just been screw over in court, need some help/advice
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nwcs · 26/01/2013 14:51
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