permission to remove
Oct 1st 2003, 1:56 pm
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permission to remove
Hi everyone
I have just got back from my FIRST! court hearing for permission to remove (ex hubbie hasn't had anything to do with kids for 10 years! we don't know where he lives now - he has been abroad for years - in fact the last we heard he had moved to Oz; he owes nearly 20K in maintenance! but I still need his "permission" to remove). Sickening as that is, I applied and thought after reading some of the threads on here, that if I had proof that I had tried last known address etc, that would be enough.
It seems not - I have to allow a further five weeks to try and contact him AGAIN (even though the legal aid board have not been able to get him for unpaid legal fees) - and then give him another 4 weeks to reply - which, ok, fair enough I can accept that the court needs to be sure that everything is being done to contact him and that I am not lying about it!
But what really bugs me is that I can't have a final hearing until the court welfare office puts a report in, which the earliest possible date is the end of January 2004!!!! So if I can't get hold of the ****hole, that's one thing, but then having to get permission from some welfare officer seems ludicrous.
What I am trying to find out (albeit with steam slowly emitting from my head!!!) is did others who went to court coz ex partner couldn't be traced, have to have a welfare officer interview kids?
The most annoying thing about it all is the time wasted having to wait for this report.
I have just got back from my FIRST! court hearing for permission to remove (ex hubbie hasn't had anything to do with kids for 10 years! we don't know where he lives now - he has been abroad for years - in fact the last we heard he had moved to Oz; he owes nearly 20K in maintenance! but I still need his "permission" to remove). Sickening as that is, I applied and thought after reading some of the threads on here, that if I had proof that I had tried last known address etc, that would be enough.
It seems not - I have to allow a further five weeks to try and contact him AGAIN (even though the legal aid board have not been able to get him for unpaid legal fees) - and then give him another 4 weeks to reply - which, ok, fair enough I can accept that the court needs to be sure that everything is being done to contact him and that I am not lying about it!
But what really bugs me is that I can't have a final hearing until the court welfare office puts a report in, which the earliest possible date is the end of January 2004!!!! So if I can't get hold of the ****hole, that's one thing, but then having to get permission from some welfare officer seems ludicrous.
What I am trying to find out (albeit with steam slowly emitting from my head!!!) is did others who went to court coz ex partner couldn't be traced, have to have a welfare officer interview kids?
The most annoying thing about it all is the time wasted having to wait for this report.
Oct 1st 2003, 2:54 pm
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Ginni it sounds horrible what you have to go through!
i am applying for my visa in Jan 04 and i have two absent parents, one hasn't seen his son for 11 years (he's 12 now) and the other is the father of my 14 yr old daughter, who has no contact with her (her choice, coz he's an ass) this one has just started paying a meagre bit of maintainance. I don't know where the first one is, CSA have tracked him but won't pass me his details...me thinks i'm in for a stormy and stressfull time!!
All the best and hang on in there.
Ellen1
i am applying for my visa in Jan 04 and i have two absent parents, one hasn't seen his son for 11 years (he's 12 now) and the other is the father of my 14 yr old daughter, who has no contact with her (her choice, coz he's an ass) this one has just started paying a meagre bit of maintainance. I don't know where the first one is, CSA have tracked him but won't pass me his details...me thinks i'm in for a stormy and stressfull time!!
All the best and hang on in there.
Ellen1
Oct 1st 2003, 4:23 pm
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Ginni an awful situation but it doesnt have to stop you applying for the visa. You don't need to send the permisson straight away. You can wait until they ask for it, which will probably be at least 6 monthse application. We sent ours off first and sent the permission on after we got it a few months later- no problems and we got the visa o.k.
By the sound of your case I wouldn't expect the Judge to refuse. So if you want to speed things up then start the ball rolling now.
Good luck!
By the sound of your case I wouldn't expect the Judge to refuse. So if you want to speed things up then start the ball rolling now.
Good luck!
