Q: Do I have to let my ex take our 1 year old daughter to Tennessee if I'm not comfortable with it?
We have a verbal custody agreement so as to avoid going to court and neither one of us pays the other child support. We agreed on a 50/50 schedule. His set days are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Mine are Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. We alternate Saturdays. He has blocked my number multiple times when he has her. He has barely kept communications open with me in regards to our daughter whether it be over text or phone calls even in emergency situations. I'm scared he'll take her to Tennessee and not come back. Can I tell him no?
A: If the child is endangered by going to TN, then no. If you’re just not comfortable with it, then discuss additional safeguards that would make you comfortable with letting the child go.
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