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Children seeing their dad

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FrecklesH · 15/02/2011 14:12

Hi, sorry, new here so I dont know where this post should go.

I just to either rant or if anyone can give wise words then great.

Short version of it, I have 2 children (8,10) their dad and I divorced some years ago. He went into a relationship straight away with a girl who didn't like the children so he rarely saw them.

After 2 years he got with his now wife, and saw them mostly every other weekend. He then told me he didnt want to see the children again, the children were about 5,7 at the time.

I got in contact with a solicitor about it. But didnt hear from him for nearly 2 years. About a year ago, my eldest asked about dad, so I agreed to get in contact with him, at the same time their dad was trying to contact us.

So he started seeing the children again, not regularly though and him and his wife asked if they could have the children for a 2 week half term last year, I agreed but then they only ended up having them for the last weekend of the holiday as they kept on changing their minds.

Their dad phoned me last night, saying he is going to go to the solicitor about seeing them regularly, but I have never stopped him !
But my youngest doesn't like going there, for reasons I dont want to go into.

He also said he would take them out after school this week, but in the same phone conversation he changed the time he was having them 3 times !

I don't know what to do for the best. I have an appointment to go and see solicitor about what to do.

The thing is I have aways played it his way, never made a fuss about him not seeing them in the early days, he doesn't pay towards them, and never stopped him from seeing them again after 2 years of nothing.

Anyway, rant over.

OP posts:
GypsyMoth · 15/02/2011 16:56

the bit on the divorce papers is a 'statement of arrangements of children'....doesnt mean anything other than giving the judge an idea of what the children are doing

legally,your ex could take you to court and come away with what he asks for....but he doesnt have to keep to it. it wont look good if you return to court,but a judge very rarely prvents decent contact. even with violence etc involved,a bit of swearing really wont have much of an impact on a judge who hears far worse on a daily basis

dc= darling children

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