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Any advice for Grandparents?

posted Thu 23, May 2013 at 10:13am

A dear friend of mine has recently seen her daughter and son-in-law divorce very acrimoniously, the relationship between the two of them is very bad and the son-in-law is doing his best to turn the...

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who has more pr

posted Wed 22, May 2013 at 9:52pm

hi just a quick question with hopefully not too man details, my new bf is claiming benefits for his 1 yr old daughter but when her mother had her contact she has refused him contact and now wants t...

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After Separation

Child Contact

posted Tue 21, May 2013 at 3:31pm

In brief, my wife moved to a different area with our child (2-years) old. I have no contact from her regarding child access or where she is. Please suggest my options... I contacted a solic...

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Separating

Unsure

posted Mon 20, May 2013 at 2:21pm

Hi, I'm new to this website. My husband and I have been together for 12 years, married for 10. He is 13 years older than me. We have two young children, the eldest is ADHD, tourettes and anger /...

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Separating

Ex Patners New Boyfriend

posted Thu 16, May 2013 at 1:15am

I am hopefully looking for some words of advice as I am currently at breaking point with my current situation. I have recently split up with my partner around a month and a half ago we both kne...

Tags: ex,son,child,boyfriend,girlfriend,house,money
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After Separation

Are the statement of arrangements for children enforceable

posted Tue 14, May 2013 at 2:20pm

Hi. After a bit of advice. My ex wife and i are now divorced. In the divorce pettion we filled out and agreed the arrangements for our son. In there i stated he would reside with her and see me...

Tags: Arrangements,finiacial
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After Separation

Advice needed- making sure my children and I are Ok

posted Thu 2, May 2013 at 12:26pm

I split up with my ex last year and she moved out with the kids in December. Whilst she has denied it she was having an affair and as early as January she was introducing the kids to him. They o...

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After Separation

communicating with ex partner

posted Tue 30, Apr 2013 at 4:49am

My ex partner and I separated over a month ago. We have three children together. When I decided to leave him (he had been cheating) I told him that we still need to be civil for the children. Alt...

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After Separation

Supervised contact

posted Sun 28, Apr 2013 at 5:40pm

What needs to happen to ensure supervised contact? My ex who's moved out a couple of months ago keeps harassing me and swearing at me in public while I am with our 1yr old. We had some arrangement ...

Tags: contact,abuse,alcohol
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After Separation

Swings and roundabouts?

posted Fri 26, Apr 2013 at 9:44pm

Hi, My partner has been separted from his wife for over three years, they have a young son together. I have been with my partner for less than a year but things are going very well between us as we...

Tags: access
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After Separation

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Ex partner won't speak to to me directly about teenage daughter

posted Fri 28, Oct 2011 at 10:12am

My ex and I separated five years ago now and my daughter is now 14 and he is still doing my head in - he will never speak directly to me which is fine when its just sorting out arrangements ...but...

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After Separation

fathers right

posted Tue 29, May 2012 at 7:34pm

hi, my x said she is going to change the kids names to hers as we have nva been married, now a can only get the kids every other wk/end due to my financal situation as a had a PCL operation last ye...

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After Separation

fed up !

posted Wed 2, Nov 2011 at 6:12pm

My partner sees the kids ( 9 and 7) every Wednesday 5.00 -6.30 and every other Saturday 9.00 -6.00pm . he is ALWAYS late and turned up today at 5.30pm ! The kids are hungry and he has kept the...

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How do I get started?

posted Fri 9, Dec 2011 at 1:15pm

We have been married for 8 years and have 2 children, aged 4 and 2 years. We have always had a stormy relationship here I have been the noisy angry one and my husband has just walked away and lef...

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Separating

What can I do.

posted Tue 13, Dec 2011 at 8:40am

I was married to a violent man for 10 years before I got the help I needed to separate. By then my daughter was 9 years old. she is now 16 and I am horrified that she has started a relationship...

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stay or leave ?

posted Mon 19, Dec 2011 at 6:13pm

My partner and I have not been getting on for ages and we decided earler in the year to stay in the same house and live separate lives . I think it is working for him but it is driving me mad a...

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Separating

my boyfreinds ex is trying to take the children

posted Fri 17, Feb 2012 at 9:56am

hi my boyfreind has two little boys and his ex is trying to take the kids from him. When they split up the ex left my boyfreind with the children and has not had contact with them. she has suddenly...

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Separating , After Separation

Worried About My Son Being Taken On Holiday

posted Sun 26, Feb 2012 at 10:15pm

Hello, I am hoping for some guidance - have just joined this site after reading some of the advice given to others and it seems very helpful. My ex and myself split up before I found out I was pr...

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After Separation

Dad is trying to turn our child against me

posted Mon 12, Mar 2012 at 1:35pm

I have been separated from my chids dad for about three years and I have always let him have her on a regular basis, but the past year he has been saying some horrible things to our 7 year old girl...

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After Separation

Boyfriend going through Divorce...what do we do?

posted Mon 27, Feb 2012 at 2:04pm

My new boyfriend is going through a divource, but his other half is being troublesome. No they have no children involved as they are grown up and married themselves. Should he mention our intention...

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A complication situation..

posted Tue 3, Apr 2012 at 2:25pm

Hi all, About two and a half years ago I met a girl who was from another country in europe, but who was working in the UK. We hit it off and a little over 6 months after we met she moved into m...

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After Separation

Meeting the Child - What do I do?

posted Sun 28, Oct 2012 at 8:29pm

Hello everyone, Long story short, my partner had an affair which resulted in a child. This was over a year ago. We split and go back to together a few months ago. It has now come to a tim...

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ex partners new gf

posted Thu 11, Oct 2012 at 11:40pm

Hi everyone My husband and i have separated and reconciled 3 times in the last 2 years and this June was the final separation - we had been married for 20 years. During these separations my husba...

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After Separation

Christmas contact arrangements

posted Wed 21, Nov 2012 at 4:49pm

Hi all, i need some advice and opinions regarding christmas contact. I have a 4 year old and an 18month old boys. My ex and i seperated 2 years ago after i found out (6months pregnant) he had been ...

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After Separation

I need advice can anyone help?

posted Thu 28, Feb 2013 at 10:02pm

My ex partner is applying to the court to see if he can get me to change my sons surname i dont have legal aid and at the moment he hasnt got parental responsibility but he is also applying for tha...

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After Separation

My partners ex is causing problems!!

posted Wed 12, Sep 2012 at 3:15pm

I met my partner 2 years ago, and from day 1, I knew he was going to be a father, however from day 1, the ex was causing him problems. We had only been together a few weeks, spending every moment w...

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After Separation

Volunteering in child's school to increase access

posted Fri 4, Jan 2013 at 7:08pm

Hi there, My ex has suggested that in future he would like to volunteer at our daughter's school so that he could see her more. I'm not averse to the idea completely its just I don't want her to...

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Is my daughter being used?

posted Mon 14, May 2012 at 5:39pm

Hello forum I have been separated from my wife since January and had no access to my daughter who is 2 in June. We tried counselling but my wife called time on the relationship about 3 weeks ...

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After Separation

Parental responsibility

posted Thu 6, Sep 2012 at 1:31pm

Losing Parental Responsibility! Hi there, I would love some advice regarding going to court so that my husband no longer has Parental responsibility of his children. If you have read the first se...

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After Separation

Coping with Love Child's Mum

posted Mon 4, Feb 2013 at 8:10pm

Hello all, My partner had an affair and she got pregnant and had the baby. I left but came back almost a year later. I love him and he tries to prove to me every day that he'll never do som...

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