Help please ( have name changed to prevent potentially being outed by linking previous threads)
My DC dad is a reluctant parent. I stopped contact over the summer due to continually changing arrangements.
The old arrangement for the last 6 years or so has been every other Sunday for 6 hours. Out of 26 Sunday's he would ask to change around 8 of them. Usually I have been flexible but this year I refused because it does not work in reverse ( i.e he would not pick up additional time if I needed a change)
Long boring horrid back story
We are now going for mediation - I want him to pick up the slack and asked that he does every other weekend and half the school holidays.
He has countered with one weekend a month one Sunday a month and 10- 15 days of the school holidays in total.
I am not happy to accept this- my DC needs more time with her dad and I need a break ( both MH and Long term chronic illness)
If we go to court- what happens next? I know court cant force him to spend more time with DC but do i have to accept inadequate offer as it's better than nothing?
Super confused as to what the best thing to do here.