  ExP won't accept CAFCASS report  (3 Posts) ItsDecisionTime Wed
18-Sep-13 16:30:57  Latest update on our never-ending contact
order saga is that a second wishes and feelings interview took
place with my DD, 12, as my ExP would not accept the outcome of
the first interview back in 2011.  Surprisingly, he won't accept
the outcome of this one either.  We were due to have a
directions hearing tomorrow to determine whether DD needs to be
represented separately but the recommendation from CAFCASS is
she has been able to articulately, maturely and forcefully say
what it is she wants and both solicitors agree that the judge
will more than likely follow the officer's recommendations which
more or less back up what DD is saying.  DD has moved her
position from not wanting any contact at all with her father (he
lives overseas and sees her rarely) to being persuaded to see
the benefit of spending some time during her holidays with him.
He absolutely refuses to come to the UK so DD is digging her
heels in saying if she's