to decide when and how such that your son is not hurt in the process. Long term if possible, it is always best to try and get on with your ex to make such decisions easier and to get reactions that you want. I do hope that you enjoy Christmas night with your son. Best Regards Harjit Sarang, Partner and Head of Family Law BEST Solicitors LLP Q. My daughter was diagnosed with OCD in November last year when her father split up from his girlfriend and my 7 year old daughter lost all contact with her step family - her dad stopped seeing her too! She was referred to CAMHS and has been having CBT since. In November this year her best friend announced she was moving 3 hours away, this sent her OCD into turmoil again and she stopped eating all together and was urgenty put onto meal replacements to get her calorie intake as she became convinced that swallowing food would cause her harm. CAMHS have confirmed that it is separation and loss that triggers her OCD and now we try as hard as we can to shelter her from anything that may affect her while we are still tackling her eating problems. In the meantime while all this is going on my partner is in court for a contact order with his daughter as his ex constantly revokes access and threatens to stop him seeing his daughter. This obviously has a terrible effect on her as