Q: I am supposed to have contact with my 3 children and I haven't since the end of January. What can I do?
My ex-husband and I have had a temporary order for physical placement and legal custody in place for over a year and a half. It states that I am to have contact with our 3 children and I have not had contact with them since the end of January, and before that it was few and very far between. I'm wondering what my options are. I can't afford a lawyer, and I don't want full custody.
A: As you say he is your ex-husband, I am assuming you have already gotten the final decree of divorce. If that is the case, I am not sure why there would be a temporary since that would have been valid only during the interim of the divorce process. Either way, if you have a court order stating you have specific placement rights and your ex-husband is not allowing you to exercise that placement, you need to file an Enforcement of Physical Placement to notify the court.
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