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Contact – how to get it?

If you've tried and failed to agree contact, then it may be time to see a Solicitor.  Your Solicitor will suggest writing to your ex-partner and making proposals for contact.  Hopefully they will then appoint their own Solicitor and you can negotiate matters successfully between you.

Sadly sometimes it is not possible to reach an agreement and your only option may be to apply to the County Court.

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Do you want to see your children?

If you have children, the most difficult part of a relationship breakdown is not seeing them as much as you did before. This is hard enough if you have stayed on good terms with your ex-partner but  if things are so bad that you can't talk about contact  or your ex-partner is refusing  you contact or limiting it then what do you do?

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Parental Responsibility – how do I get it?

As a father you have the same rights and duties in relation to your children as their mother does, don't you?

Not necessarily!

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