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My wife and I went through the courts in Nov 12 with reference to her daughter/my step daughter, and the respondent father.
After a long drawn out affair, contact was agreed for him every other weekend from after school Friday to 4pm Sunday. He would also get an over night stay every other Wednesday, with an option to see her for 3 hours on the alternate Wednesday if he let us know by the proceeding Monday. (since Nov he hasn't used the latter option). All travel involved with his contact was agreed to be done by him. Also there was a residency order placed on both sides to be fair.
We have since received correspondence via his solicitor that he now wants to amend the CO......
- He wants to change his mid week contact to a Thursday
- He wants to share the travelling arrangements 50 / 50.
Given that this was all only agreed in Nov 12 where do we stand?
Since Nov 12 we have organised our child's after school activities to fit in with the current agreement along with our work arrangements. Thus the suggested Thursday he now wants, for no particular reason as far as we can see, would be a nightmare for us.
Also we feel with regards to the travelling that we spend every day of lives around the child with regards to transporting and catering for her every need. We don't feel as though we should be responsible for transportation in relation to his contact, given he agreed to this only in November last year. (if it helps he lives approx 18 miles away)
At this point we haven't instructed our solicitor, however the letter from his suggests that these requests would simply be ok'd by the judge if it were to return to court?
Any pointers or suggestions would be gratefully received on how likely a CO would be changed given the above if he decided to take us back to court.
After a long drawn out affair, contact was agreed for him every other weekend from after school Friday to 4pm Sunday. He would also get an over night stay every other Wednesday, with an option to see her for 3 hours on the alternate Wednesday if he let us know by the proceeding Monday. (since Nov he hasn't used the latter option). All travel involved with his contact was agreed to be done by him. Also there was a residency order placed on both sides to be fair.
We have since received correspondence via his solicitor that he now wants to amend the CO......
- He wants to change his mid week contact to a Thursday
- He wants to share the travelling arrangements 50 / 50.
Given that this was all only agreed in Nov 12 where do we stand?
Since Nov 12 we have organised our child's after school activities to fit in with the current agreement along with our work arrangements. Thus the suggested Thursday he now wants, for no particular reason as far as we can see, would be a nightmare for us.
Also we feel with regards to the travelling that we spend every day of lives around the child with regards to transporting and catering for her every need. We don't feel as though we should be responsible for transportation in relation to his contact, given he agreed to this only in November last year. (if it helps he lives approx 18 miles away)
At this point we haven't instructed our solicitor, however the letter from his suggests that these requests would simply be ok'd by the judge if it were to return to court?
Any pointers or suggestions would be gratefully received on how likely a CO would be changed given the above if he decided to take us back to court.
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