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Advice please - family court

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Dithercats · 19/08/2024 11:22

I am looking for advice please.

CAO in place. The children live with me & visit Ex.
Ex has now:

Reduced the nights from fri-min to fri-sun as doing the school run was inconvenient.
Refused to have 1 of our children since Easter time because they are difficult to care for (diagnosed disability).
Refused to have the children for his week in the summer hols - which is court ordered 1 week per year.

Do I need to do an enforcement order? Or a specific issues order?
I need to address the 3 things above.

Thanks!

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PeriIsKickingMyButt · 19/08/2024 11:24

You can't force a parent to have a child through court unfortunately. If he's choosing not to take up the court sanctioned contact time he was given it's crap but no court order can make him. You need to make a note of every reduction in contact and you could potentially argue an increase in maintenance on that basis.

Mumof3confused · 19/08/2024 23:02

The court can’t make him see his children.

Dithercats · 20/08/2024 14:13

Problem is when ex cant pick & choose surely....we have the court order (that ex wanted), but now won't follow it.
Grrr

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PeriIsKickingMyButt · 20/08/2024 14:22

Dithercats · 20/08/2024 14:13

Problem is when ex cant pick & choose surely....we have the court order (that ex wanted), but now won't follow it.
Grrr

The court order provides for contact on the assumption that each parent actually wants to spend time with the child. It's a bit odd for a parent to go all through court asking for a certain amount of contact and then stop bothering but it happens more than you'd think. What a court order can't do it make a parent see a child if they don't want to. It's very sad for the kids.

Dithercats · 20/08/2024 15:34

Is the court likely to allow a parent to say yes I'll see that one EOW, no I won't have that one at all?

Obviously the child ex will collect I send off as per the order.....while sibling sits crying that daddy doesn't want her..

It's what it's doing to the left out child I'm afraid of....and it's emotional abuse 😞

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