To make a long story short...my fiancé has children with his ex wife, whom he shares parental responsibility with. They have a Child Arrangements Order in place. This past year , the mother decided to breach the court order due to my significant other allowing their children to have their hair cut at a hairdresser's (the mother declined to have it done for nearly two years, not even a trim to keep it healthy and maintained). They went back to court September of this year as Dad applied for an enforcement hearing as she refused to let him see or even speak to the children for 7 months. The mother failed to attend the second hearing in October. The court found mother in breach of the order with no excusable reasons and the mother and father are now due back in court in a few weeks times. The judge has stated that there will be a discussion of change of residence if the mother fails to attend again and if she does not reinstate the original court in full immediately (which she still hasn't as she declines to allow the father his court ordered phone calls as she stated in writing "it's an invasion of my privacy ."...🤨🙄) She now has taken the children and moved far away , a few weeks before court without giving the father any notice in advance or having a discussion. She literally informed him 3 hours before he was due to collect the children from her previous home address....which she still declines to give him the new address.
I guess my question is, how is this sudden uproot of the children going to appear to the courts as she is already in hot water as it is, so to speak and would it be even more reason to do a transfer of residency? To me it does seem quite spiteful and also it appears that she is not prioritising what is in the childrens' best interests. It also appears as If she is trying to undermine the courts in doing this.
Has anyone ever been through a similar situation?