Custody

[Custodyhelp]

Advice needed!
My 7yr old daughter is refusing to go to her fathers house every other weekend for 1 night. She hasn’t had a very good relationship with his partner since they met. This women is very manipulative and that’s my daughter like an outcast - he isn’t much better. He refuses to spend time with his daughter on his own without his partner and won’t listen to his own daughters pleas.
He is now threatening court for full custody. What are the chances of this??

[BillHadersNewWife]

Very low. Is the current contact court ordered?

[Starlight456]

Email him very carefully . Tell him you would like him to have a positive relationship with him .
List all the stuff you have done to encourage Dd to go .

List reasons Dd has said she won’t go , anything you have said to defuse this situation .

A plan of how you think this would go forward.

Ignore the threat for custody.

Be careful how you phrase anything to Dd about dad if he is going for parent alienation. It is however a common threat when they don’t get there own. Way

[FatherB]

It really depends on what exactly is happening as a whole.

He could say you are withholding contact and if theres a bunch of other stuff he can bring up he can build a case. It's unlikely he'll get full residency (that's the term now) unless he can find something really bad with proof, but he can likely get an enforceable agreement which provides more time than the current one does.

[Doyoumind]

If it goes to court it's more than likely the you will be named as the resident parent but his contact will be increased.

Mediation should be considered first anyway. If he's talking about custody he clearly hasn't had legal advice yet.

[Pityparty4one]

In what way is she manipulative?

Children should be listened to however is this a new relationship?
Did he spend quality time with DD before gf?
If DD is safe with dad are you making her go or just accepting she doesn't want to and are keeping her at home?