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My daughters partner has walked out on before giving birth

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my daughters partner has walked out on before giving birth to their first child.Their daughter has been born and he has started to threaten her with taking the baby away from her
Assistant: What steps have been taken? Have any papers been filed in family court?
Customer: nothing at the moment. these might just be nasty threats , however after the baby is just ten days old and she is still recovering from the birth she is feeling extremely venerable
Assistant: Family Court normally sits in a local County and Magistrates' Court. Do you know the location of the court? If not, what county does she live in?
Customer: england
Assistant: Anything else you want the lawyer to know before I connect you?
Customer: no thank you
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Hello, he would have shared parental responsibility so could see his child but he cannot take her away from her Mother - to do so would be child abduction and you could report him to the Police.

I would report him to the Police in any event and ring the 101 Police number so that if any further threats were to be made, the Police would go and speak to him. From a civil law perspective it would be easy to apply for an injunction against him too, however, the Police should be your first port of call for this.

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Customer: replied 2 months ago.
Thank you. The father has a 10 year old son he is apparently not allowed to see, is there a method by which my daughter can find out the reason for this? She seems to be unable to get an answer from him as to why this is

It's difficult as your daughter would have to involve the family court and he would have to state why he was not allowed to see his 10 year old - without court proceedings the data would be difficult to obtain. It clearly shows what his character is like though so the Police would take any threat of abduction seriously

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