moving on

Posted on | November 19, 2008 | No Comments

Just a thought about how often in intractable contact cases it is very difficult for parents to move on – not only because of the issues in the case themselves but because of the need to retain eligibility for legal aid – often a parent (typically a father) is unable to go out and look for work to occupy his mind and time because in doing so he will lose his legal aid. It leaves people in a frustrating limbo where they cannot go out and fulfill themselves in other ways and have nothing to focus on but the destructive litigation. There shouldn’t really have to be a choice between gainful employment and being able to pursue a relationship with your child. And in the intractable type of case I’m thinking of I would not be suggesting a parent should be expected to act as a litigant in person.

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  1. Fancy a bogus title Sir / Madam?… « Insitelaw magazine
    November 20th, 2008 @ 8:40 am

    [...] Pink Tape: Moving on “Just a thought about how often in intractable contact cases it is very difficult for parents to move on – not only because of the issues in the case themselves but because of the need to retain eligibility for legal aid – often a parent (typically a father) is unable to go out and look for work to occupy his mind and time because in doing so he will lose his legal aid.” [...]

  2. Swiss Tony
    November 20th, 2008 @ 6:37 pm

    Pinky, interesting stuff.

    In my experience, and I will be the first to admit it is limited and tends to be just fathers, but in 99% of those it is the father that works and its the mother on Lucoziad.

    The father can’t afford to work, pay CSA, pay the mortgage and a solicitor, so they go LIP, against the missus.

    For most men, going LIP tends to be their downfall, but they are sort of stuffed really.

    Presumably, if I looked beyond the hordes of dads desperate for assistance (for free if possible) I would see a bigger picture.

    Looks like I should get out more!

    Swizz

  3. Sophie Gurung
    September 1st, 2009 @ 1:41 pm

    What does LIP stand for?

  4. familoo
    September 6th, 2009 @ 8:17 pm

    Litigant in Person – someone representing themselves in a court case, without a lawyer.

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