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Presentation
I am recently separated and in the process of getting a divorce. I have a 16 year old daughter and a 10 year old son with higher functioning autism. My 16 year old daughter goes to Springwood in Kings Lynn which means she leaves the house at 6.35am and returns around 6.00pm.
My job means that in the main I can work from home, and there I rarely need assistance (although it might be welcome after school as my son returns before my official end time).
My son is collected and returned from school by taxi , the help I require can be summarised as
When I am at home
2.5 hours Mon-Thu from 15.30 when my son gets back to 18.00 when my daughter returns
When I am away from home,
Somebody to wake my son up, get him dressed, breakfasted and into the taxi. I normally wake him up at 7.00 and the taxi collects him between 8.15 and 8.30
Same service when my son returns from School, I may also talk to my daughter about whether she would like help with the cooking, she is very capable but does seem to be quite tired at the end of the week, especially when menstruating so she might like some help.
The target date of 31st October is not fixed but indicative. A lot of this depends upon how my soon to be ex wife reacts to receiving the papers. She has not been close to our son, she is focused on her own education as she wishes to commence a career in her early 40's.
I would