Letter to Judge

Dear Sir / Madam,

On the 4th Jan this year it was the date for the Final Hearing in the above case. As you can imagine this date was very important for me and I had arranged the necessary time off work to attend.

Late on the evening before (3rd Jan) I was unfortunate enough to have an accident which resulted in my breaking both my wrists. That evening and for much of the day of the 4th Jan I was in the hospital. I was unable to contact the court to advise of my condition and had my parents do this for me. I am advised by the court that this message did not get to the Judge. The consequence of my not being able to attend the court it seems is for the court to now further violate my parental rights.

I have been unable to see my children since March 2007 because of the unfounded allegations my ex partner has made about me in relation to my children. My children love me Miles tonight told me on the phone how he misses his dad. This made me cry; for this to me was clear evidence of the cruel ‘games’ that are being played out in the court room by my ex partner and too of the real victims of this game. This has raged on since May 2005 and it seems that any allegation made by my ex is taken to heart by the court and acted upon. I have had untold amounts of injunctions made against me I have had to jump through so many hoops that I’m starting to think I am a hamster! I just want to have a normal relationship with my kids but the court won’t let me, what’s more it makes its decisions based on nothing save the untested allegations of my ex wife.

Now to add even more injury and without , it seems any thought to the real victims in all of this – the children, the court has seen fit to prevent me from even communicating with my childrens school. This is I assume, based on the again untrue allegations made by my ex regarding the staff at his school complaining of he ‘harassing’ them or some such. You will not be surprised to read that this is not true. In fact quite the contrary is the case. I had begun to come to a good understanding with the head of the school. The head had taken the time to send me school reports and details of the school photographer following recent school picture so that I would be able to get copies myself. I enclose the email from the head which illustrates this.

Now that I have the plaster casts taken off my arms I am able to write you this letter asking that you dissolve / cancel / get rid of this latest order which bans me from getting even the most basic information relating to my childrens welfare at their school.

The order as it is now make provision for the hearing to be heard on the 4th April 2008, this would mean that I will not have seen my children for over 13 months. All of this without evidence to support any allegations. This is not fair.

Wishing for an expeditious response,

Mostyn Witham.
Wednesday, 06 February 2008