Q: Can I legally be forced to communicate with the mother of my children? They are 18, 16, 11. We have joint custody.
She has filed a no contact order and I signed it, but it has exceptions. Mainly, that we can communicate via a specific app and only if it is in the best interests of the children. Since signing that I have sent several messages concerning the children. One about who should tell them there is a no contact order in place, another asking what we should do about child support for my daughter who turns 19 in July. I also asked if I should send that second question to her lawyer directly. Her lawyer has sent me several emails stating these are not messages about the best interests of the children, and I should stop immediately or face the consequences. Now I don't want to text at all, I have been told even if she initiates a text, I can be in trouble for replying if I don't say the right things. So now I don't want to text her anything again. But will I get in legal hot water for that too? I feel like I'm damned if I do, damned if I don't.
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A: You have to comply with the order. Generally they are phrased in terms of allowing discussions pertaining to the children.
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