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Counting the Cost of Court

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  Unless you are Rumpelstiltskin, and you can spin straw into gold, the chances are that after attempting (and failing at) mediation with the Evil Queen (see my previous post Mediating with the Maniacal Queen)  your pockets will already look something like this: However, things are about to get worse! The cost of making an application to the Family Court, just to have contact with your own children, now stands at an eye-watering £255. But there is no other option; everything else you have tried has failed miserably, and your children are probably beginning to forget what you look like right now. Searching the web for legal advice, you will come across hundreds of different law firms promising free 30 minute advice sessions. 30 MINUTES?! What on earth can you do in 30 MINUTES? Well, according to Cosmopolitan magazine, I can get a completely flat stomach in 30 minutes...however, after giving birth to four children (including a set of twins), and having a small penchant for