Q: Can i refuse exchanges for my son's visits with his dad?
We have a court order for custody and visitation. I have full custody. Dad gets 3 visitation days. We have to communicate over the talking parents site. Dad doesn't communicate well. Especially questions i have about precautions due to the pandemic with our son going back and forth, where he takes him, who is around him, etc.
I verbally asked dad if he could cut our sons nails while he had him during his parenting time, he responded and said he'd try. He later messaged me saying he would never feel comfortable talking to me unless it was recorded. And that he would be wearing a body cam from now on at exchanges and that if I didn't want to be on camera, that i shouldn't get too close. We've both expressed our disapproval of recording each other. I told him he should get a peace officer instead.
My son is 2 so it is very unlikely that i will be sending him down the street alone to meet his dad so that i can avoid being recorded.
A: Suggest you both attend and complete the online COPE class. Be polite and discuss you will be in each other's live's FOREVER with your child, so you might as well learn to get along. Follow the Court's orders precisely. Body cam is a bad idea. Bringing someone to the exchange is also a bad idea, unless a restraining order is in place. Discuss intelligent COVID 19 restrictions.
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