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farther@alose

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my ex filed for a restraining order the same day as i did the same against her, i was successfull in getting my children attached to my order as protected persons, i thought i was in the best position to get a fair custody agreement but only days later she somehow manages to go to family court and get issued with a recovery order that does not allow me to even have visitation or it does but she has rejected my attept to see my children. how is this even possible and is there some clause i can use or whats the best way to go about this
 

sammy01

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ok 2 things.
1. you organise mediation, it will fail, you then apply to court for parenting orders. That will take a few weeks.
2. You don't try to use the system.... See the bit you wrote about getting the kids on the avo to put you in the "best position to get a fair custody agreement ". That is where you went wrong. Now you're in a situation where the gloves are off and you have a s**t storm of a fight ahead of you.

So you're going to be off to court - You can continue along the path you've started and gee hasn't that worked out well for you? OR you can learn from this.... "best interest of the child" Get pen and paper and write that out 500 times. Seriously, learn it. So you can go to family court - you can try to prove that the ex is a liar, a cheat, sexist, racist, violent, drunk blah blah... And you will be successful. But you will fail. WHAT? yeah sure made a good case to prove the ex is this or that. BUT in family court your objective is to prove that you're a good dad and that it is "in the best interest of the child" to have a meaningful relationship with you...

The saddest cases I've seen are the ones where mum and dad are stupid and use the kids, manipulate, lie etc and where the parents hate for each other causes them to do what ever they can to manipulate the legal system. Stuff like - getting the kids protected on an avo to be in the "best position to get a fair custody agreement". Yeah, I'm talking about you...

Why are these cases the saddest? Well in some cases the judge has to make a call. The judge realises that it is not "in the best interest of the child" to have to bounce from this house to that house with two parents who are so engrossed in their hatred of the other person that it impacts on the child and as such the judge makes the call that one parent needs to be removed from the child's life. Have a read of the article I've linked below... This bit should scare you "In a relatively small minority of cases, a decision to cease trying to enforce contact may be best for a child." Like I said, in some cases one parent just gets removed from the life of the child. Now, I dont like to gamble, but if you wanted to put $5 on who is likely to get removed from the child's life in this case - My $5 is on you...


 
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farther@alose

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i must clarify that the wording "best postion was my lawyers and not my own i have nothing but the best interests of the child at heart and only going down this route because i do beleive that the mother has been neglecting the children for too long and something needs to be done . only 24 hrs before the vro,s were actioned the police removed the youngest child from her care and placed him in mine that was what started the whole mess
 

Concernedmum01

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i must clarify that the wording "best postion was my lawyers and not my own i have nothing but the best interests of the child at heart and only going down this route because i do beleive that the mother has been neglecting the children for too long and something needs to be done . only 24 hrs before the vro,s were actioned the police removed the youngest child from her care and placed him in mine that was what started the whole mess
If this is true, file for urgent interlocutory oders/parenting if she has not. My understanding as my ex has filed for urgent recovery and I am preparing my response for its dismissal is the courts rarely grant ex parte recovery orders unless there is a serious and justified reason. My ex's affidavit is solely focused on false allegations against me (I have evidence to prove each one false) and he wasnt granted ex parte like I was scared he would be able to. I applied under FOI for all DCP records and SAPOL to get into on everything so if what you are saying is true then application for parenting orders would have been served as well so for your response Subpoena the records that led to the removal or apply under FOI and try your luck at an urgent hearing. Just make sure you arent focused on how bad you believe the mother, focus on the impact removal & recovery had had on child, ask for time for the mother, address fact, don't lie.... you will get found out.

My ex has lied in almost every point and portrayed himself as a vindictive addict with Munchausen by proxy by lying and it does not look good at all! So don't lie.

Keep it child focused, its about them not you and her.



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