i have two daughters my wife and i are seperated i see them

Hello and thanks for extra info. It's clear that you love your daughters very much and want to spend as much time as possible with them. It's government policy that children should have contact with the parent they do not live with - unless there is very good reason why not. However, how that works out in practice depends on the particular circumstances in each case.

In your case, you say that the arrangement for you to have the girls was all day Tuesday every week, plus every week from Friday overnight to Sunday tea-time - which means that you were having the girls for over 3 full days per week.

A good contact arrangement has to be for the benefit of the children - and that means as well as being safe and happy and well-looked after, the children's normal routines should not be disrupted. A good contact arrangement should also be a regular arrangement that is not changed at the last minute (except in emergencies of course).

From what you describe, you were already getting almost 50% of the children's time, so I think it was not reasonable of you to want MORE time with the children. You also changed the arrangement at the last minute and I think this was not reasonable either.

You also need to be aware that the children need to spend sufficient time with their mother, so expecting to spend MORE time with them would reduce their time with their mother.

You do have the right to go to court for a contact order - as I do agree with you, and the court would agree - that the children's mother was not right to stop your contact altogether- but I doubt you would get a contact order for any more than you were getting previously.

Going to court is stressful, time-consuming and espensive. From 1st April 2013 legal aid for family cases has stopped, except for people who are the victims of domestic violence, or people whose children have been assessed as being at risk by social services. I therefore suggest that your next step should be to go to mediation. The family court anyway now requires the parties to have attempted mediation before it will consider an application for a contact order. Mediation is a round-the-table discussion with a neutral trained mediator and the two of you. You can self-refer or you can ask your local family law solicitor to make the referral.

Here's where to find a family mediation service:-

http://www.familymediationhelpline.co.uk/find-service.php

Here's where to find a good solicitor:-

http://www.resolution.org.uk/findamember/

I hope this helps and I wish you the best of luck.

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Thanks and best wishes....

Hello again.

I see that you looked at my answer yesterday - but you have not accepted it.

Is there anything you feel I did not cover in my answer?

Or is there anything you would like further clarification on?

Let me know! I'll do my best!

(I'm away for a few days from today - back Saturday - so I will answer any follow-up question from you as soon as I get back. )

best wishes....