Child contact during lockdown

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Me and DDs are self isolating and not having contact with anyone. ExH sees dd3 and dd2 twice a week for an hour (court ordered) He and his large family who he lives with are all still attending work so coming into contact with people. I have asked him to stop contact for the next few weeks until the government figure out if we’re going to end up like Italy/Spain or not and to use FaceTime. He is refusing and says he still wants to come down. Aibu to say he can’t?

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Can you not get him to see them out for exercise and keep 2m apart from them? If it is only for an hour this could work. Obviously i do not know your set up or how he only gets them such a short amount of time but contact is important for the kids so can you not come up with some sort of arrangement between you?

If dd’s were not so young yes this may have been a reasonable suggestion but they’re to little to understand that they can’t go over to him, that’s why I suggested FaceTime.

Perhaps conversations through the window? Children are low risk but I can understand the feeling. I would love to lock DD up with me home working but my DH is working and her dad is so she has exposure from both sides and it would be detrimental to stop her contact. I guess it depends on what the contact is like with people. Front line staff is one thing. If his work are following WHO guidelines then his risk will be lower?

I think he's being unreasonable - putting himself before the children.

I wouldn't let him in - FaceTime or similar is the way to go.

If you're still in touch with your solicitors I would let them know ASAP. They may have advice.