My husband has joint custody of his 2 1/2 year old son, however we only get to have him on the weekends. In the very near future, our stepson's mother is getting married. We just found out that while she and her new husband are on their honeymoon, they plan to have our stepson stay with some friends. When we found this out of course we asked her if we could keep him while she's gone and she has told us no that she has already made the arrangements and since this lady babysits often and works at his preschool that she feels that it will keep him in a more "normal" situation while Mama is gone. It's only a week and we don't understand how being with friends is better than being with Daddy. Does he have the right to fight this? What if he shows up at daycare to pick his son up? Shouldn't he automatically be the next caregiver in line for situations like this? Please help.