Q: Can my child's father increase his parenting time with his non-custodial daughter? We have 2 younger children together.
My sons' father has a daughter, S, who will be 13 in Sept. We haven't done anything up to now, we've been discouraged but *I'm very concerned about changes which impacts our kids greatly. We have her every other weekend, live in a different city, making things difficult. I don't have any say in the decisions he makes to go back to court. The mother, we'll call her K, is often hard to reason with when it comes to certain things and won't agree to additional time. *Recently she (K) had a baby, has cut our time short on several occasions, and has become difficult. If something's not convenient for her, or if she disagrees with anything we say or do she has threatened (or made veiled threats) to take us back to court, or point out something she (erroneously) thinks we did wrong. Financial support is a factor, he's afraid K will try to get more. He has an extra couple hours on another day and doesn't take S, K won't agree to a different day because it's not convenient for her.
A: I'm not sure if there is currently a court order in your case. However, if there is, you could bring a motion to modify parenting time rather than continue to allow "K" to bully you and your husband at her own whim. Hiring an attorney is highly suggested.
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