NSW What would you do if you were in this situation?
- Thread starter Rick O'Shay
- Start date
try and get an agreement out of her. While you're doing that read up all you can on writing affidavits, self-representing and preparing for court.
Have you got a recent (12ths or less) mediation certificate? You'll need that. So if you have not done mediation in 12 months, call Relationships Australia and get booked in. She'll likely refuse. Good, that will speed things up a bit
Have you got a recent (12ths or less) mediation certificate? You'll need that. So if you have not done mediation in 12 months, call Relationships Australia and get booked in. She'll likely refuse. Good, that will speed things up a bit
It won't work Rick. You'd have to take it to trial. Mate, you, like me, have done everything in your power to be reasonable and also keep it out of the courts... The ex's new tactics that they are being told (by either legal teams or Facebook forums or Mummy's groups) is don't respond, don't talk, don't co-parent, don't discuss anything to do with the kids...
Then when you rock upto court for no less than 5 hearings at approx 3mths apart each. Your relationship with the ex gets labelled as "high conflict"...which is a complete and utter joke as you would have to have communication first, to then have conflict...
These ridiculous judges then send you off for a family report just so the decision is taken out of their hands...you meet with some complete stranger for 40 minutes who writes a 30 page document on how the relationship is high conflict...yet no communication has still taken place. The biased report comes back...says "Dad every second weekend and half school holidays" forget ever getting close to 50/50. Then you go back to court for the just to put inplace interim orders as you still want 50/50...then they bring in an ICL...just another bottom feeder who charges more than a lawyer but far more useless. They supoeana absolutely everything meanwhile you keep paying. Then back to court, just to listen to the judge read out this idiots recommendations...once again youre still not where you want to be at 50/50...so you request a trial date. Another 3mths you get a trial call over, judge asks you if your still ready for trial...hey knob head I've been ready for trial since mediation failed 2 years ago... another 3 months goes past you get into trail, show all your evidence how the ex is just alienating you and acting on pure spite...judge then needs another 3 months to write up the orders made in court that day...orders get handed down.
As the current situation has been in play for so long now it's become the status quo...so the current hours you are seeing your child will remain the same...
Welcome to Family Law in this bulls**t country... It has nothing to do with the best interests of the kids and everything to do with milking you of every last cent you have ever earnt.
Then when you rock upto court for no less than 5 hearings at approx 3mths apart each. Your relationship with the ex gets labelled as "high conflict"...which is a complete and utter joke as you would have to have communication first, to then have conflict...
These ridiculous judges then send you off for a family report just so the decision is taken out of their hands...you meet with some complete stranger for 40 minutes who writes a 30 page document on how the relationship is high conflict...yet no communication has still taken place. The biased report comes back...says "Dad every second weekend and half school holidays" forget ever getting close to 50/50. Then you go back to court for the just to put inplace interim orders as you still want 50/50...then they bring in an ICL...just another bottom feeder who charges more than a lawyer but far more useless. They supoeana absolutely everything meanwhile you keep paying. Then back to court, just to listen to the judge read out this idiots recommendations...once again youre still not where you want to be at 50/50...so you request a trial date. Another 3mths you get a trial call over, judge asks you if your still ready for trial...hey knob head I've been ready for trial since mediation failed 2 years ago... another 3 months goes past you get into trail, show all your evidence how the ex is just alienating you and acting on pure spite...judge then needs another 3 months to write up the orders made in court that day...orders get handed down.
As the current situation has been in play for so long now it's become the status quo...so the current hours you are seeing your child will remain the same...
Welcome to Family Law in this bulls**t country... It has nothing to do with the best interests of the kids and everything to do with milking you of every last cent you have ever earnt.
Similar threads
