Q: Is visitation forfeited if not started when the orders outline?
Is a parents time with kids forfeited for the entire visitation if they do not begin said visitation at the starting time/day? If my ex doesn’t want the kids on Friday night, can they demand to have the kids, say, Saturday or Sunday since technically the entire weekend is their parenting time? There is nothing in our orders about forfeiting or making up time. He’s done this before: refused to make a plan to get them Friday evening, but then messaged me Saturday evening demanding I meet him and let him have the kids since the whole weekend is his “to see them whenever he’d like”. This keeps me chained to my phone on the off chance he would like to see them, even for a few hours (instead of the whole weekend like he is entitled to).
A: If your order doesn't specify that parenting time is forfeited, then you can't make that a rule now. You need to file a motion to modify the rules in your order so you don't have to keep being subjected to Dad's last minute changes.
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