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Family Situation

Rabbitohs2022Contributor

Family Situation

Hi All,

I am a single father. I am finding it difficult to cope with only seeing our three year old son twice a month at a contact centre. My ex-partner left me in December, 2020 and did not want to give me any access at all. I had to go through the family court. Two years has passed and there has been no changes to my supervised visitation.

What can I do? The ex-partner wants nothing to do with me. She doesn't want to give one inch or meet halfway for the parenting arrangements. She does not want me to see our son at Easter, Christmas, birthday etc. I would ideally like unsupervised time when I fly up to Port Macquarie from Sydney. My ex-partner and son now live in port macquarie with the grandparent.

The family court system has been very slow. I feel crushed and overwhelmed. Has anybody else dealt with a similar situation? What do you do when the mother is the primary carer and the father wants to spend valuable time with the child? I haven't had any luck at all. I want to fulfil my role as a father to our son Samuel but I keep getting pushed away.

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AppleblossomSenior Contributor

Re: Family Situation

If you go back over old posts you see the "post options" tab. There is an edit option, if you need to remove anything too identifying, like I removed littlie's age and year of my father's death.

Take Care @Rabbitohs2022

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