Hi All, I was arrested last year based on Dv allegations after an argument with my wife. We had a few arguments and police were called a few times. I was placed on bail for 4 weeks and not allowed any contact with my daughter and was told to speak to child services if I need to see my daughter. I have tried contacting child services to arrange contact and I wasn’t aware of the process or what child services actually can and can’t do as I am not from this country. After repeatedly being ignored by the child services regarding contact at the end of my bail the police contacted me to tell me that no further action will be taken and I was free to return to the family home. I contacted child services again to see if I can see my daughter to which they said I need to attend a meeting with my wife. At the time I felt that I was not being fairly and very stupidly went to the nursery to see my daughter. I was not allowed to see my daughter by the nursery as the child services have called them and told not to allow contact. After a week they said that they arranged a child protection conference and it was decided that my daughter will be placed in child protection plan due to her being at the risk of emotional harm. I didn’t know the process at all and was shocked to see how they can so easily separate me from my daughter based on allegations. They said I had to go on a perpetrator course to be allowed contact. I had to agree as they that was the only way forward. In the initial assessment for the perpetrator course I have explained to them about the things that were going on in our marriage. They didn’t accept me into the course as they felt that I am not a perpetrator and suggested I get help as I may be a victim of domestic abuse. I was only allowed 3 hrs of supervised contact in child services office during this process which took about 6 months. My wife has been in touch with me on and off during this period. At the child protection plan review they said in the report that father is not accepted into the course as he doesn’t recognise that he is a perpetrator and blamed mother’s mental health. That was not true as I have asked them 2 or 3 times to accept me into the course. The child services said to arrange contact at a centre. The mother denied contact as I said that I am not interested in continuing the relationship. I chased child services regarding contact and they said that the mother is not happy with the time. I had to chase the contact centre to change the time and finally weekly 1 he supervised contact started in February. After 3 weeks I was told mother and daughter are going on a holiday for 6 weeks and the contact would continue after that. I have raised concerns about the mother not returning back to the uk and was told that was not the case. I agreed for them to go on holiday hoping the contact would resume after they came back. I was told that the mother has stopped contact indefinitely citing my daughter is distressed after meeting me. That was not true at all as my daughter refused to leave me when the contact session finished. During this period the social worker has left the job. A new social worker was assigned and she doesn’t respond to calls at all and I am told that my only option is to take legal action. We had a joint mortgage which comes out of my account. My wife has stopped paying her share of the nursery fee since three months. I have gone into debt because of all this and can’t afford legal fees at the moment. Apologies for the long post. Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks, ubm.