anyone ever been through the enforcement process??

sleepybird wrote:

Is there a possibility that my partner could end up with less contact time as stated on the current order?

Yes.
Depends on this and that.


Try to get her to attend mediation.

He has suggested this but she''s refused, what circumstances do you think contact would be reduced?
There are no welfare issues and she has stated on a recent email that she thinks son is capable if making his own decisions.
So worried now, if he doesn''t enforce the order shell be using this excuse that son doesn''t want to go whenever she likes?

Whats the current contact order and the childs age?

Every other weekend 9am sat til 4pm sun
2 night stat in half term
Christmas eve and Christmas day
Contact rising to fri evening til sun every other week from jan 2013
Hes nearly 5

I can''t really see where the contact would be cut so I wouldnt worry.

At age 5 I would expect contact every other weekend plus a midweek overnight every week.

Tell your partner to inform his ex he has filed a C79 if he hasnt already.
This may scare her into sticking to the order.
Also state you will be asking for an increase in contact should it go to court of one midweek night every week and now not when he''s 5.Again to scare her.

My partner has emailed her with some suggestions I.e handovers in a neutral place

She has disagreed to it all and says that she thinks son is insecure about contact and that''s because he had 5 days with us in august and it''s a major transition for him even though he enjoyed it.

She says at present son is saying that he will go with daddy this weekend and that this weekend may be ok for contact.

She says that my partner is always welcome to contact in her home with son

We''ll wait and see what happens this weekend but my partner has already sent the c79 as he feels she needs to be told that contact decisions can''t be left to son to make.

Not sure if he''s done the right thing now but he''s so worried that if he let''s this one go then she will without a doubt start mucking about over the Christmas contact.

Midweek contact is a no no as ex lives hour and half away but my partner is going to ask for an extra day in the half term holidays and that he has son 3 weekends out of 4 for 1 night until jan 2013 where he''ll have him every 2 weeks for 2 nights. he just thinks that more regular contact can only be a good thing for son.

What do you think?

sleepybird wrote:

3 weekends out of 4 for 1 night until jan 2013

What is that?