Refusing to see child at weekends

[Samsumner1357]

Hi, I've been separated for 6months and my ex has never had our daughter once overnight in that time. He has recently moved back in with his parents so I no that our daughter would happily sleep over, but every time I ask can he have her at the weekends he says he's busy or he won't reply to my txt s or just will have her for 1 -2 hours that's it.
He's fine all week but it's just weekends. I really need a break at weekend and time for me to have a life with my own friends but he just refuses! What do you think I could do with regards to this? Any help or advice would be great xx

[powerhousemummy]

You could take him to court for a contact order putting in place however it'll cost to do that snd if he breaks it there are no real consequences. Can't you have a break in the week ? I.e. He have her over night?

[justabout2016]

There's not much you can do unfortunately. A court order is designed for a situation where you are prevented from seeing your children - no court would attempt to i force a parent to see their child.

Maybe speak to his parents?

Good luck OP.

[Imbroglio]

So is he seeing her during the week?

I appreciate that you want to see your friends and have a break (I've been through this and I know how it feels) but really you need to focus on what's best for the child and work on that basis with your ex.

In my experience 6 months is still relatively early days so hopefully it will get better as things settle down.

[abbsisspartacus]

It's been two years and my ex had not had his boys overnight he has them on a Sunday 10/4 now though before he was just having them for tea twice a week