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Brian Fraser

Brian Fraser

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Aug 26, 2026

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And out of nowhere, this anointing just came onto me.
0:03
And I began to speak and add words and mighty things of God just started to flow out of me.
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I started to tear up.
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It was overwhelming.
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I said, Lord, can't we tear up the church today? The anointing sometimes, it's soft and it's sweet and it's like the arms of Jesus hugging you.
0:25
But sometimes it's overwhelming.
22:07
All right, so if a legally binding child arrangements order states the father is to collect the child from school on Friday, I don't know why it says father, we could say any parent in this one, to be honest with you, but they fail to show up, is the school legally obligated to enforce that order or does their safeguarding duty immediately override it, allowing them to call the other parent or social care?
22:31
So thinking of what the purpose of a child arrangements order is, it is simply about regulating the time that the child spends with each parent.
22:40
And so, yes, it says dad is collecting this child on Friday, but that's different to something that says dad must collect the child on Friday.
22:50
And I think that's, again, something that needs to be borne in mind when we look at these orders, is it's saying this is what should be happening.
22:58
If dad doesn't turn up, from the school's point of view, it's not for them to enforce this order.
23:04
What they need to decide is, like any scenario, if we've got down a note of who's to collect this child and the parent doesn't turn up, what do we do? And that's a decision for the school to make themselves.
23:16
But I imagine what they would probably have is some sort of process whereby they will make reasonable attempts to contact the father because...

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31:03
If a school has crucial safeguarding evidence that CAFCAS is ignoring, what legal mechanism can the school use to ensure that their professional evidence is formally placed before the judge?

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