Are there any other organisations that support absent fathers within their

[flannellette]

custody/contact applications? A bit like fathers for justice but without the madness. Im looking for a legitimate responsible support group for men that is sensible and supports fathers who are trying to work within the courts system to gain contact with their children where the mother's are not enabling or promoting contact with the fathers, despite assessments saying that contact should go ahead??
thanks Haz, but is not as simple as that. There are lots of situations whereby a decisions has been made by the professionals involved that there is no good reason why the child should not be having contact with the father. However, due to the mother's indirect or direct affect on the child of the emotions involved, the child's wishes and feelings are that they dont want to see their father, so the case goes on for years, with the child getting more and more entrenched in its views, with the implicit, passive acceptance of the mother, thereby perpetuating the cycle. In this instance, father's still continue with their application but need support and advice, they often have no one to turn to, so I am looking for something for a client for this purpose.
Its also the case that courts will use little power to enforce parents to stick to contact, even more so when the child is saying 'I dont want to see dad'

 

[Sue W]

parentline may be a good place to start - they may have contact details for a more specific organisation

 

[Haz]

My understanding is that if a court have assessed and granted contact/access then if one party reneges on that then your first port of call should be straight back to the courts.

Do you mean help with the court process?

EDIT- I see what you mean...How old are kids when they are allowed to decide for themselves? Is it about 12? That's a hard one. I can't imagine how anyone can 'force' a kid nor stop the bad mouthing from a mother. It's such a shame but the sad fact is foe every one decent man desperate to see his child there are 10 wasters.

I think sometimes these kids must feel like mothers who have given a child up for adoption but long for contact. They have to live with the double edged sword of wanting and longing yet not wishing to rock the boat.

I wish you and to whomever you refer the best of luck x