NO/LIMITED CONTACT: PARENTS

When my twin sons where first born I done everything for them from changing nappies to late night feeds, I put them to bed every night and got up with them every morning, unfortunately my relationship with their mum was a toxic one and due to not wanting my children seeing constant fights I ended the relationship. For 2 years their mum let me see them and even stay over night on the sofa on weekends so I could spend more time with them, as soon as I announced that I was seeing someone (whom is now my wife) she started making false accusations against me and stopped me seeing my boys, she even moved home without telling me know. I found her new address and starting sending birthday and Christmas gifts to my children but with no reply or correspondence from her or them. I saw them last when…

I Didn't know I was suffering from CPTSD, one mistake and my children ended up being handed to their father despite me explaining their father had a history of alcoholism, links to IRA (evidence of parents and grandparents glorifying it) and I have video evidence of him admitting to DV and child abuse.

He got awarded full contact of the children and it was agreed I would see them "on a basis consistent with their development". A 7 and a 5 year old when all this happened. Both boys and they literally were my world despite everything.

I would have patchy contact, never allowed phone calls or video calls and all contact had to go through his mother as he was "autistic".

Then the messages from her would come through saying I was texting to frequently (once a week when I wouldnt see them to see how their school week…

Hello I am a mother of 2 children, but I am only able to see one. The one I do see I only see him every week for 2 1/2 hours. I have tried to talk to his father about getting more time but that has not been the case. I love my son so much. We have shared custody, but the father has the last say on everything about our son. So, I just have been going with the flow but recently our son and his father had to move out of a woman's home that his father had another kid with. Our son has not been taking that well and seems to be getting worse. I want to help him as much as I can but it's not easy when I don't get to see nor talk to him over the phone at all. I want to b…

Hi everyone, I’m new here and wanted to share what I’m currently going through.

I have two daughters, aged 4 and 1. I’ve always been heavily involved in their care, including being a stay-at-home dad for a period. After separation I moved into my own place in January and, for around 8 months, we had an established arrangement where the girls spent 4 nights a week with me and 3 with their mum.

On 1 August I asked their mum for £350 a month child maintenance. The CMS calculator suggested considerably more, but I thought £350 was fair. When we couldn’t agree, I eventually went through CMS.

Since around that period, things have deteriorated badly. I can’t prove the maintenance issue caused what followed, but the timing worries me.

Their mum has now stopped all normal unsupervised contact, saying she has concerns about the girls’ emotional wellbeing and safety. I…