Contact Court Orders

[charmed76]

Hello

I have a SGO for my granddaughter and my son (birth father) has an access court order for every 3 weeks for 1.5 hours but I have just found out he has been sent to prison for 12weeks.

My question is if I don't take my granddaughter to the prison for contact am I in breach of this contact order?? She is 17 months old and more aware of her surroundings now I did take her last time he was in prison but she was a lot younger and not so aware. I just don't think its appropriate.

Advice needed

[hc4361]

Is your son reasonable? Will he demand to see his daughter whilst he is in prison?
Is social services involved?

[scorpiojo]

How long will he actually be in prison for?

[EDDIE51]

To visit someone in prison you need a visiting order, or at least you do to take the child. So you can't just turn up at the prison and see him. The prisoner has to apply for a visiting order so it's up to him to organise.

[charmed76]

He got 12 weeks for non compliance to community order (unpaid work). He may demand access no he is not reasonable hence why I have full custody of my granddaughter under special guardianship. Social services closed our case in August 2014.

[TWR]

Charmed, with respect to answers given, you are allowed 1/2 Free advice from a Solicitor for "CORRECT ADVICE" with something that's important like this & could get you in bother, I would ask the right people.

[EDDIE51]

If he got 12 weeks he only serves 1/2 so that drops it to 6 weeks. Then he will get release on 'tag' for the last 4 weeks, so he will be out after just 2 weeks inside.

[Sycamore3House]

I can understand your predicament in not wanting to breach the order and also not taking your Grandaughter into a prison now she is older. As the jail term is so short and with good behaviour/tags etc it could be shorter can you make yourself and Grandaughter unavailable like not opening the VO when it arrives or one of you being ill, Health visitor appointment.

[bednobs]

at 17 MO, she will not remember a thing about it - what's your earliest memory?

[EDDIE51]

How long is it since you heard he was in jail?
If he was only given 12 weeks he really will be out after 2 weeks.
It is going to take longer than that to get a VO.

[hc4361]

Phone the Family Court for advice.