not a heavy drinker

tom333 wrote:

I really don't think the court will take much notice of her allegations anyway.
My ex told the court that I smoked cannabis every single day and drank heavily, I never did (I don't even go into pubs or have alchohol at home).
I offered to do drug and alchohol tests but the judge said "no need", so next court hearing she told the court that I was smoking crack in front of our daughter during contact, again she was ignored.
I have never even seen crack except on police documentaries on TV, lol.

these allegations seem to be very coommonplace within child contact hearings, if untrue they are in my opinion despicable and it makes you wonder who fuels them.

I remember manda the wiki barrister posting on this subject i think she said most barristers have an argument for and against the allegation of alcohol abuse, the main point being that the court do their best to maintain contact with both parents unless the child's health or safety is at risk.

dukey wrote:

I remember manda the wiki barrister posting on this subject i think she said most barristers have an argument for and against the allegation of alcohol abuse, the main point being that the court do their best to maintain contact with both parents unless the child's health or safety is at risk.

I presume that is the against, what is the for argument?

I think Amanda`s arguments are a bit more in-depth than my swift ramble johny, the point i was trying to make is that the court will always endeavour to maintain contact with both parents unless the child's welfare is at risk.

thanks for replies,went to court hearing today but my barrister didn't turn up and the judge would not let me rep myself because I had been expecting counsel.case to be heard on mon and tues instead.ex's barrister said one of the main concerns amongst the allegs was that I had asked my 6 year old "is mummy okay at the moment or is she doing anything funny". x calls this DV and mental abuse.