How many times can a mother violate a custody agreement before she loses custody or ?

[saddaddy]

I have documented dozens upon dozens, upon dozens of times in the last 7 months (would have been more but I lost a file off my computer when it crashed) when my exwife has made up excuses for why I cannot talk to my children when I call during the (court ordered) time every day that I am allowed to call, the times when she will not meet at the (court ordered) meeting place to exchange our children and I have to drive an hour to get them, the times when she has called outside of the court ordered time to talk to the kids at like 10:30 at night and many, many times when she wont let me talk to my youngest daughter at all. I hardly ever get to talk to her on the phone. I have all the dates and times these things happened printed out on 3 sheets of paper. Is this enough to take her to court for contempt? Or is this not enough proof?

Thanks so much for any replies.

 

[jharris352]

Contempt

The first time she did it was enough to take her to court on contempt. You are not likely to change the status of primary custody, but the Judge will make it very clear to her that his Order is not optional.

While a Judge is not going to want to see you in his Court every time she "violates" the Court Order (be reasonable) he also isn't going to require that you suffer a year of violations before stepping in.

Be polite, but firm. Send your Ex a certified letter outlining the number of times you think she has violated the Court Order. Tell her you don't want to go back to Court but you will if this continues. Keep a copy of the letter and the Certified Return Receipt signed by her. If the actions continue file for contempt.

Good luck.