Breaching a contact order

[skally]

Does anyone have any experience of when one parent breaches a contact order?
I can't afford legal advice at the moment and I want to know where things stand when this happens. I'm not interested in going back to court as there's no point.
My DC's father has just decided to dictate his own terms without agreeing them with me which is not how a contract order works. The order is already in place and it's not for one party to decide how things are going to work from now on, this is clearly a breach.
Any help or pointers appreciated.

Just thought maybe I should post this in legal so putting it there too.

Ignore his requests. Make sure you stick to what was decided at court. So if the agreement was take DCs to meet him at the library at 10am every Saturday you go anyway - even if you know he won't show up. Keep proof of your efforts (bus ticket, receipt, msg etc). You'll need the evidence in case you end up back at court and he tries to twist things and blame you for the breakdown in contact (I speak from experience).

He has already told me that he's cancelling all contact except for a couple that he wants to keep so there's no point doing that and it wastes our time/money.
I really don't know what to do.

There's not much you can do

Contact orders mostly force the resident parent to make the child available, they do nothing to force the NRP to show up

If he consistently breaches then you can go back to court for a variation so you don't have to waste your time waiting around, but it won't result in more contact

@Areolaborealis for me, although I can see why you are advising this, is that you are constantly taking the kids out to meet him and they are being disappointed. It can’t be good for for them surely? @skally you can get free legal advice. Try the Rights of Women helpline. They have a solicitor you can speak to. Also try Child Law Advice website. You can message them and they give very detailed advice. I do know parents that have let court orders lapse in cases like yours but you need to protect yourself. It costs around £150 to apply for a court variation.