I would have your lawyer looking for any and all reasons to slam them with a lawsuit.

They raked you over the coals for being trans. I would bend em over with as little grease as possible........

Anyways. I imagine that you want them to just go away and that is understandable. But if there is the slightest chance you could sue you should.

I'm in two minds, I do think some heads should roll over this but on the other hand I am just gonna be so glad to get back to normal life.

This is indeed good news.  Follow the advise of your attorney.  They are to go away forever.  Just leave you and Arisa alone.  Father and daughter will be fine.  She shall grow into a fine young lady, totally because of "Dad".

Oh and do we get any more pictures of our little niece?

Glad to hear it Jeatyn... Hang in there and soon they will go away for good

As others have said, follow the advice of your own barraister. I'm not surprised they hired one as well. They have no spending limits.

I will strongly advise you against sueing them or even making any sort of complaint, unless specifically advised to by your barraster. The law here is very different from the US. I could go into it, but I doubt anyone would take it seriously. (Much like I doubt anyone will take it seriously if you tell them what has been happening so far. Been there. Done that. Got the Tee shirt).

The best you can hope for from these people is they lose interest and move onto someone else.

But follow your barrister's advice. Keep your records.

Jeatyn that is really good news. Still got my fingers crossed that soon it will be all over for you

Hi Jeatyn

Excellent news and your barrister's suggestion to wait until the court hearing before a further decision is made is an excellent one.  If you still have to see James Barratt, then have someone with you and record the interview.

Take care and my thoughts are with you.

Love and hugs
Sarah B

Ah! It looks like Social Services finally clued in to reality.

I'm soooooooo glad that this is going to be over.  I mean, I'm on the other side of the world but I still have worried about you! 

Quote from: Jeatyn on January 21, 2011, 10:05:43 AM
We appear to be making progress!

I've been talking to SS and my lawyer today. SS have done almost a 360 turn around. They are withdrawing the care order and are wanting to revise the care plan down from 24/7 surveillance to just 4 hours split over two shifts. SS also said that if no problems crop up between now and the next court date on march 1st they will go away completely.

Excellent! I have to admit that I laughed out loud in complete glee when I read your post. Sending you more vibes for this to all go away in the next couple of months. You're one tough sono->-bleeped-<-un, Jeatyn.

I would have liked to see the look on their barrister's face when they were discussing your case.  I imagine it'd be read as something along the lines of "you guys are screwed."  I'm so glad to hear that they're finally starting to figure out that this isn't going to work.  With all the ->-bleeped-<- they've flung at you, I would at least file a complaint and raise some hell, but as has been said, I guess it would be best to wait until things are settled.  Good luck man 

Wow... this ordeal could very well be over soon!  I am in awe of how strong you are Jeatyn, it must have been painful to put up with their nonsense for so long.  In the end, I hope you are able to get something monetary out of this for all the stress they've caused you.

I'll be thinking of you until this is all over.  Keep it up

woot!

Great news!  I hope all this is over for you soon.

Awesome, thanks for the update

hey i had been thinking of this every once in a while since i first read about this a couple months ago. I'm so glad things seem to be way better then when this post was started man, good job holding on!

Arch just pointed out to me that I haven't posted in ages so I thought I'd come do an update.


Social services involvment was supposed to end completely on the 19th of this month. Two days before that, I got a call saying my chair person was sick, and my conferance has been delayed by three months -_-

So I'm still waiting for it to be officially over, but it will be once they stop messing me about.

I've been put in contact with a human rights lawyer and I'm going to make a claim against them once it's done with

On the last court date I even heard SS lawyer ask mine "are you going to sue us?" after we won the case 

damn right we are!


I am also now on the waiting list for hormones after SS paid for me to go see Dr. Barratt hoping he'd tell them I was crazy. He basically said they were ignorant bullies and decided to count that meeting as an initial consultation. So in a few months I'll be SS free and shooting up T  ....and it rhymes, making it extra awesome

I've been wondering how things were going, so thanks for filling us in.  It's ridiculous that they're making you wait another 3 months, but it sounds like things are winding down in your favor at least.  I'm really glad to hear that things are working out. 

Thank you for the update. I had worried you had droped off the face o9f earth or worse yet detransitioned.
I am so glad to hear that things are still going in your favor. This just might teach those bullies to be careful about pushing around a transman!

It's just frustrating now. My sister booked time off work to come for the last conference and had even booked me and the other half a week in a hotel so we could go away while she looked after the kidlet, and it's all messed up now -_-

Seeing as there's a thing in my agreement saying if I take Arisa out of Leicester they will issue emergency proceedings *eyeroll*

I'm glad to hear things are going well!!! I had been hoping for updates almost daily (not even kidding) for the last month or more.

QuoteI am also now on the waiting list for hormones after SS paid for me to go see Dr. Barratt hoping he'd tell them I was crazy. He basically said they were ignorant bullies and decided to count that meeting as an initial consultation. So in a few months I'll be SS free and shooting up T   ....and it rhymes, making it extra awesome

That is just beautiful right there.   A giant slap back in their faces if there ever was one.