Tryingfora4th
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Just wondering what others would do in my situation.
DD is 15 weeks old, when she was new born FOB was having contact for 2 hours (supervised by social work) 3 times a week plus we could go for walks etc with her (long story how it ended up like that)
It started off really well and he was doing great, then he started drinking more and more and I was strongly suspecting he was using heroin but he strongly denied that.
He started to miss contact, and occasionally he turned up still under the influence from the previous night.
Contact was reduced to once a week for 2 hours but he couldnt even commit to that.
Social work have said they wont facilitate any more contact but I've seen my solicitor and offered him 3 hours on a saturday in a contact centre where it will be monitored.
For the last month he's been on a massive bender, taking drugs and drinking every day, he's hardly spent any time with his daughter at all.
I've had it confirmed by his brother that yes he has been using heroin, he's not an addict he just uses it now again, so he's doing it because he wants to and likes it rather than because he's addicted and has to, so in my eyes he is choosing drink and drugs over his daughter because he knows if he is not sober or has been taking drugs I will not take her to see him.
I'm waiting on a response from him about the contact I offered, in the mean time its up to me whether I take her to see him or not, but I really feel like not allowing him anywhere near her if he's injecting.
Am I within my right to deny him contact in the circumstances?
WWYD?
DD is 15 weeks old, when she was new born FOB was having contact for 2 hours (supervised by social work) 3 times a week plus we could go for walks etc with her (long story how it ended up like that)
It started off really well and he was doing great, then he started drinking more and more and I was strongly suspecting he was using heroin but he strongly denied that.
He started to miss contact, and occasionally he turned up still under the influence from the previous night.
Contact was reduced to once a week for 2 hours but he couldnt even commit to that.
Social work have said they wont facilitate any more contact but I've seen my solicitor and offered him 3 hours on a saturday in a contact centre where it will be monitored.
For the last month he's been on a massive bender, taking drugs and drinking every day, he's hardly spent any time with his daughter at all.
I've had it confirmed by his brother that yes he has been using heroin, he's not an addict he just uses it now again, so he's doing it because he wants to and likes it rather than because he's addicted and has to, so in my eyes he is choosing drink and drugs over his daughter because he knows if he is not sober or has been taking drugs I will not take her to see him.
I'm waiting on a response from him about the contact I offered, in the mean time its up to me whether I take her to see him or not, but I really feel like not allowing him anywhere near her if he's injecting.
Am I within my right to deny him contact in the circumstances?
WWYD?