Can anyone offer any help to my OH. His ex is refusing contact indefinitely due to covid-19. She has form for frustrating contact.
She states that she won't be allowing contact as she is too worried. She said that their daughter was high risk.
Child takes a daily sachet of 4mg montelukast, and has a reliever inhaler. No daily inhaler. The GP have confirmed she is not high risk (he rang for clarification today).
He has already taken steps to safeguard his child. Eg. He cancelled midweek contact (2 hours to take out for dinner) due to Governement guidelines advising not to go to pubs/restaurants etc early last week. He knew mum was self isolating due to being unwell at the start of last week also, asked mum what she wanted to do about this weekends contact - ie. If she needed him to and her he would, equally he knew they were self isolating, so advice is to stay home.
He is working from home (teacher) so is able to alter contact arrangements to whatever suits her. He isn't high risk. Mum isn't high risk, although it does seem that she is like.to have had covid-19. She was in hospital with breathing difficulties twice in the last 10 days.
He isn't trying to be unreasonable. He knows his ex's history though, and knows she will try to prevent contact wherever possible (she was already trying to minimise any holiday contact over easter - court order states 50/50 holidays. She wanted him to have 5 days and her have 11).
There is no justifiable reason to deny contact. Their daughter isn't even with her mother at the moment. She is with grandparents. Mum is at home recovering.
The pandemic could go on for a very long time. In other countries on lockdown contact is proceeding where safe to do so. There is no reason here why it would not be. It seems like once again, there is little he can do. Is there? I'm worried that this could tip him over in to depression.