FAMILY COURT 2

Any discussion of the Family Court is illegal. A preposterous regulation.

After the breakup of my relationship with my son's mother, because of her manipulative tendencies , and her resorting to lies when faced with difficult situations, I chose not to talk with her but to concentrate solely on my son. Nevertheless, the court said that she had to confer with me as to any decisions related to my son. When I attempted to enforce this, she used an admiral, successful strategy. She would arrive at court an hour before the case came up and approach all senior people sobbing, wringing her hands and telling god knows what stories. She did this every time. Once outside the court all tears miraculously dried and her drama subsided.

When he was eleven she put my son into one of the worst local schools. My son is very intelligent and then was very frail. I was mortified and began court proceedings. I arranged for my son to have an interview with the top school in London. She arrived in court an hour early as usual and began, as far as I'm aware, her little games. When I arrived my name was mud and my intentions suspect. I found myself in a room with seven or eight women officers and a security guard. My son was hardly spoken of and, when the matter of my son's schooling was brought up,  the women officers sided with his mother. Another meeting was arranged.

Angry, I wrote a letter to head of court telling what the women officers had done and predicting how my ex would act in court immediately before the next meeting. She did exactly as I described. I went to the court with a local councillor as a witness. She recorded my ex's activity.

Unfortunately, as a consequence of the court my son lost his chance at the school and stayed at the awful one. I became involved with the school to ensure he thrived. He is now studying law at university but he should be studying at a topmost university and not the one he is at.

The court acted upon anecdotal evidence, and from what I saw, usually does. It checks nothing out. It doesn't have to because it is secret and no other body can review its activities. The court acted with discrimination and prejudice and harmed my son. They certainly did not put his needs first.