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Can father refuse

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Lisa69861 · 07/07/2025 08:21

Good morning currently my ex has a court order for contact . I have residence he has contact he wanted minimal contact and constantly cancels as his wife lives back home in Albania . When ever he has contact he refuses to hand our daughter back to anyone but me . My 20 and 19 year old live at home if they go to the door he will refuse to hand her over . If her step dad goes to the door the same . He keeps telling her we r all dangerous and how she’s at risk in my care resulting in her telling him no and him shouting at her . ( this is what my daughter tells me as she comes home upset) she is 9 years old currently and completely hates contact to the point she refuses to go and I have to force her kicking screaming crying . I feel like my ex is trying to keep control . It was adv relationship . He got with me to be legal and he was illegal when we met I didn’t find out until I was pregnant and once he got his visa he left to be with his partner back home ( I didn’t know at the time ) either way he is still her father no matter what happened any advice please

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Pollqueen · 07/07/2025 13:29

She's 9. If she's crying and refusing contact with him, stop forcing her. It doesn't sound as though he's been consistent in her life anyway

Lisa69861 · 10/07/2025 07:44

I’m worried if I don’t send her he will take me back to court . When she knows she’s going to have contact she starts wetting her self . She has autism and learning disability that he fails to except

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UpsideDownChairs · 10/07/2025 07:49

One of my lines in the sand was that I would never force my children to attend contact. I would encourage (not least because I need time off too), but never make them go.

Keep a diary of all of this behaviour (both his and hers), and let him take you to court if he wants. By the time he gets a date she'll be old enough that the court will definitely take her age into consideration.

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