Hi everyone, I was just wondering if there is anything in place to make fathers see their child and be responsible for them.
My and my ex partner split a year and a half ago. We have a 3 year old together and he sees her 2 times a week. These days stay the same and have done since we split, unless there’s special occasions then the days may change. There’s no court order, it’s just somthing which we mutually agreed one. Majority of the time, I drop my child off to see her dad and he’s either not there, up in his room or just sat lounging in another room. I end up doing to handovers with his mum (he still lives at home) the situation has never really bothered me as much as it has started too just lately. I’m sick of him just letting his mum do everything, she has her meals cooked for her, feeds her and changes her. Never have I ever done a pick up or drop off and he’s asked how she’s been, what’s she’s been up to or even got up off of his arse to come and greet her. Makes me so mad because he always makes me out to be the bad one. He never asks to see her out of the days which we have agreeded (it works round our work shifts so we don’t pay childcare) if he has a day off he won’t want to see her. Me and my child go on holiday in a couple of days so he will miss out seeing her next week (which he said was fine before the holiday was booked) he hasn’t asked to see her any extra this week and today was the icing on the cake. I dropped her off, usual time. He wasn’t in, picked her up & he wasn’t in. His poor mum is there Feeding her and looking after her & turns out he’s gone out with friends. I might be over reacting but I’m livid that he’s just gone and left her with his mum. I know this isn’t the first time this is happened but I thought he’d want to spend as much time as he could with her. He’s not had her over night since before we split up & she’s at an age now where she should be staying over but he’s not doing anything to proove that he could cope or even want her more. I’m at my Whitt’s end and I don’t know what to do about this situation. Thank you