Just wondering if anyone can give some advice.
I have a 1 year old with my now ex. I’m due to return to work shortly and I’m trying to get my ex to co parent when I return. I have 2 other children who aren’t his and I don’t get any government help with DS.
What I have proposed is that he has DS 2.5 weekdays and 1 day at the weekend. The same for me. I’ll either need to adjust my working hours to accommodate DS for the 2.5 days I have him, or arrange childcare. I’ve proposed he does the same.
He is point blank refusing. He said he’s not making any adjustments to his work and will not help with childcare costs. He’ll continue to get DS for a few hours on a couple of weeknights and take him overnight on a Saturday. The couple of hundred pounds he pays in maintenance each month won’t even cover half of the costs I am going to incur putting DS into a nursery. Not to mention the fact I don’t drive and am going to have to take DS on a bus every morning and night to get him to and from nursery.
He has just told me he is taking me to court so there is a court order in place for him to see DS at the times he is available. So he’s basically taking me to court to get less access! Can he do this?