Court orders & Moving away?

[IanD]

Has anyone moved away (long distance) from their child when a court order is in place? What was the outcome? Did you lose the time completely? or did you go back to court to get the court order restructured?

Thanx..

yes this is for access, at the moment the order is every other weekend friday pm till sunday pm and 1 stop over every other wednesday with the other wednesday being 1pm till 5pm, So basically im asking what happens to the wednesday stop over as cant obviously do that anymore.. and the wednesday 1pm till 5pm will also be hard to do as driving a long way for 4 hours time is goin to take its toll.

Hi there

You should be able to approach your ex direct about agreeing changes. If not, ask your solicitor to write a letter with some fresh proposals. I'm sure something can be agreed if you are both reasonable and the children's best interests are at the forefront of your mind.

I'm sure you won't lose your time. It's just a case or re considering what will work to enable the children to maintain their relationship with you.

Best regards

Harjit Sarang

Depending on the age of children some parents living a distance apart find that regular contact arrangements are unworkable and more contact during the school holidays in lieu of lost days does work.

Good contact for children relies on parents learning to work together and going to court makes this difficult. If you can come to an agreement about arrangements between yourselves or with the help of a mediator the agreement can be documented by a solicitor as a deed. IT isn't legally binding but should there be difficulties in the future it serves as evidence of what arrangement was agreed and the court can take it into account.