Father wants to stop his child's visits

[jasmina22]

Hi, I wonder if anyone here will be able to help.

My 11 year old daughter lives with me permanently but my ex husband and kid's father has an order which allows her to stay over the weekend with him every fortnight, this has continued over the years with no issues. Then the other day he announced that he no longer wants to continue with the visits, he is not saying he doesn't want to see our daughter just not having her weekends due to him starting a project which means she will not be able to stay in his house or even visit him at his house, can't go into much more detail about it than that. He pays maintenance to me for her.

I want him to continue having our daughter over for the weekend, for her sake and for mine!

My question is this, can I legally make him continue with these arrangements.

Hardly seems fair to me that he can just cease parental responsibility just because he wants to.

I accept there may not be a straightforward answer but any help at all will be appreciated. Thank you.

[PMmehunx]

How long will the project last? If he says he isn't saying he doesn't want to see her, but he can't have her weekends, what does he want to do?
I don't think you can legally force him to see her, or have her stay over. Can only make him pay maintenance.

[RhymingRabbit]

No you can't legally make him parent his child.

There are too many unanswered questions for decent advice to be given.

If it is a short term "project" over a couple of months then id be likely to try and negotiate. Is there somewhere else he can have her to stay? Can he take her through the week.

If he can not give you an end date then you need to contact child maintenance because they may increase his payments.