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You can file a complaint with the Contractor's State Licensing Board and sue him. Check your written contract, as it may provide for arbitration instead of court suit. If so, the Board will probably wait until the arbitration is completed before taking action. Now you know not to pay in advance and to check on a contractor in advance of hiring them. Expensive.
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This is something I see all the time. Often a good option would be for him to modify the existing order to get the "right of first refusal." What this would do is everything she wants to dump the kids somewhere she would have to give him the first option to watch the kids. this would eliminate the problem.
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