Q: Mother still refuses to do what is court ordered for me to start my supervised visitation.
I was granted short term supervised visitation in august of 2018. General attorney had us go to court on october 3rd of 2019 to redo my child support. The judge learned my ex refused to do her part for me to see my daughter. On october 3rd the judge court ordered her within 7 days to have all paper work done at guardian house in san Antonio, tx so I can finally start my visitation. It's been 3 months now my ex still has refused to do what was court ordered. My attorney said for $2,000 he will file for enforcement. I advised my attorney I cannot afford to pay him any money with being laid off from my job so he has not filed for enforcement. My daughter turns 4 years old on April 11th and in the court order it states I go to standard unsupervised visitation which I know I wont get. My ex has refused to even let me ever meet or start a life with my daughter. What can i do to finally get to meet and have a life with my daughter?
A: You need to file an enforcement action against your ex. Often, once you prove your ex violated a valid order, the judge will order her to pay your attorney's fees. If your ex continues to ignore a judge's orders she will likely be fined and eventually jailed for contempt of court.
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I understand your financial situation, but the longer you wait to enforce this order the harder it will be. Sometimes courts will look at your lack of enforcement for a long period of time negatively.
I also find when you have a parent that does not follow court orders and you do not enforce your rights swiftly that person will continue to violate the order because they don't think you will do anything about it.
You need to find a way to hire a lawyer by borrowing the money or maybe getting a job through a temporary service.
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