What to do when BM...
FDH AND BM just made a new visitation order (they didn't have one before)...they verbally agreed in mediation that BM gets the kids the day before their birthday and takes them to school on their birthday. FDH time is the day of birthday after school... BM agreed to this in mediation...court papers are being drawn up and legalized...
Ss10 birthday is tuesday. She informed FDH just today that "her version" if the paper work she just signed says she gets them the day of the birthday and that is what she is following... FDH has not seen this paper, has not signed it...
But he does have aletter from her lawyer dated end of february supporting his side.
BM is planning to pick up the kids tuesday, FDH was planning on her picking them up tomorrow after school....
He is contacting his lawyer first thing tomorrow.... But what can he do???
Verbally they agreed she gets them the day before... FDH has never seen or signed any paper work other than ones that supported her getting them the day before and him getting them the day of....
It is in the process of being
It is in the process of being written up and legalized...
Their prior visitation court order that was in their divorce decree, was "mutually agreed upon reasonable visitation"
BM was being difficult, that's why FDH had to take her back to mediation and get a very specific visitation schedule...
All they have right now is what they agreed would be the schedule, and they have been following that since december while they lawyers go back and forth "legalizing" the paperwork.
Honestly? Probably nothing.
Honestly? Probably nothing. BM withholds visitation and "interprets" their custody agreement however she wants all the time.
Unless it's a CLEAR violation and an established, documented pattern .. courts won't do anything.