I'm asking the court for 50:50. Its been a protracted journey of negotiation, mediation and now court over 4 years. I've my final hearing coming up in a few weeks; its already been delayed once for 4 months to allow for a last minute S7 wishes and feelings report - no concerns on either parent and the children's wishes and feelings came out aligned with a far fairer split of time than current.
A potential recommendation is going to be no change for now (despite the wishes and feelings being of such paramount that the final hearing needed to be delayed by 4 months) and we go with the Cafcass Positive Co-parenting Programme. Does anyone have any experience of this programme?
I have two concerns:
1) if this becomes the recommendation, it just pushes any decision back further and enables avoidance of any decision. We're a long way down the road already; after nearly a year of trying mediation with no progress, can I really expect this to make any difference?
2) my ex will engage fully in the programme, be a model pupil and get full marks, but revert back to type as soon as it finishes.
A potential recommendation is going to be no change for now (despite the wishes and feelings being of such paramount that the final hearing needed to be delayed by 4 months) and we go with the Cafcass Positive Co-parenting Programme. Does anyone have any experience of this programme?
I have two concerns:
1) if this becomes the recommendation, it just pushes any decision back further and enables avoidance of any decision. We're a long way down the road already; after nearly a year of trying mediation with no progress, can I really expect this to make any difference?
2) my ex will engage fully in the programme, be a model pupil and get full marks, but revert back to type as soon as it finishes.