Hi everyone, I'm looking for some advice.... myself and my ex have recently split and we have a 6yr old daughter together. He is very bitter as I found the strength to finally leave him after finding out about an affair. My daughter has now started asking me questions such as 'why does daddy not like you?' He is constantly passing comments in front of her which we both agreed would never happen with our daughter after witnessing what damage it had done to other children in the same position. He has now started asking her if she wants to go to his house on my allocated days and guilts my daughter into wanting to spend more time with him. We always agreed we would try and split access 50/50 but as he works shifts which include a lot of night shifts this is just almost impossible. We currently have alternate weekends with her and he has her 1-2 nights during the week (depending on his shifts), never less than 1 night in the week. Our agreements are always breaking down as he does not stick to drop off times and I have had to on several occasions now ask family/ friends to intervene to help get her back to me after threats she would not be returned. I am pretty sure that this all now needs taking to court as I have no trust that he will bring her back to me when scheduled.
In the meantime of getting this to court what are my rights as her mother and primary carer and also is there anyone I can talk to (for example social services) who will maybe enforce something like supervised visits if I feel he is now constantly trying to manipulate my daughter?!
Any advice much appreciated, until I get him to court I can't sleep at night!