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After 8wks of broken contact with my child my ex partner has now decided that i can have contact but with complete changes to the contact order of which I do not agree. Can she do this without the consent of the court or are her solicitors hoping that i will agree to the changes without a fuss.
No she can't.
You have a court order, which is quite literally an order from the court telling the mother to allow contact at those designated periods. You can choose to enforce the order. She would need to apply for a variation of the order, which she may decide to do. Whether she's successful is another matter.
To be honest this is a fairly common delaying tactic and I would write or email her solicitor stating that you have a contact order in place, which your ex has broken and if full contact is not restored immediately you will return to the court to have the oder enforced.
Let us know how you get on.
FM '70
what does it mean to have an order enforced. Its seems strange that you have to return to court for this as I thought an order would have to be enforced by nature of it being ordered?
Hi Matty - If you have an existing order and it has been broken, you need to apply to have it enforced. I agree that once you have had a judgement, it should be up to the court to ensure that it is met. However this is not the case.
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