Applied to court on C100 - separated a year. Ex stopped contact a few times and has made allegations to Cafcass
Cheers for your support mate, it does mean a lot, what makes it harder for me, is I am one man, no family here just me, I feel like this has all been planned out by my ex, it's just so sad we have gotten to this point in society as a whole, it would suggest that lying is the new currency, and a cancel culture it the way forward, sorry for the rambling, I have had about 2 hrs sleep in 48 hrs, one question I have for the forum does anyone have a generic timeline for how long all this takes to sort from this point from the first call? maybe just so as I can plan better. Also is it worth investing in a solicitor at the court stage? does anyone have any advice for this? is it a waste of money?Hi, sorry to hear your story. I’ve not long done my call with CAFCASS. My ex has literally thrown every allegation she can think of at me. My experience with the CAFCASS officer was good, not everyone’s is the same though. They’d established early in the interview with me that my ex had lied.
I’m not sure they’d have advised her to cut contact. If like me they’ll advise you at the end of your interview what their recommendations to the courts will be.
Best thing you can do in your interview is stay calm and be child focused. They might say your ex said this or that or may not say anything regarding what she’s said at all. You need to be prepared for that and if they do say things regarding her allegations then just say something along the lines of “I’m afraid that’s not true, I just want the children to have a loving relationship with both parents and families”
Do not say anything negative about your ex that could be seen as hostility or animosity towards her, they don’t like that. Make notes for the interview if you need to so you can refer to them. I made notes for mine but I didn’t need to use them with mine as the CAFCASS officer guided the conversation.
Just remember stay calm don’t loose your temper no matter what they said your ex said. You can argue those things later down the line in court.
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