I have a 6 year old son who was diagnosed with ASD when he was 4 years old. He has been living with me and my wife throughout his life, however; at the end of October 2019 my wife and I separated. My wife moved out and moved into her mother's home and she has taken our son with her.
My wife initially refused me access to our son and from my side I have done everything by the book because I don't want to cause any distress to our son. For example, I am in constant contact with his school to keep up to date with his progress and I can quite easily walk into school and take him out as I have joint parental responsibility and the school will not stop me from doing that. But, as I said before I am making sure I do everything by the book to not cause any distress to my son.
6 weeks after moving out and refusing access, my wife agreed to me visiting my son at her mother's house. This arrangement was made through the solicitors and I was meant to go and visit my son at her mother's home. On the day I turned up to find my wife, my mother in law and my son sitting in my wife's car parked outside her mother's home. It was obvious from the moment I saw this, it was a setup designed to ensure the visit was a failure. I only saw my son for a few mins and had to call the police as the mother in law became aggresive.
I am now not going to attempt any further visits as they will pull further stunts to ensure the visits fail and it is my son who will suffer the most. I am pursuing this via the courts but that takes time, a long time...
Just wondering if there are other people out there in the same boat as me? I have said to my solicitor that I want time with my son where he comes over at weekends and stays with me, that I want holidays to be split equally so that I get my fair share of time with my son.
Anyone out there who has been through something like this, is there light at the end of the tunnel?
