[Solved] Daily Telephone Contact

A letter to her solicitor pointing out the breach of telephone contact might be appropriate Dave.

The changing handover times is a grey area though isn't it, as this wasnt specified in the order....but you could tag it on the end of the letter as an indication that she is in your opinion making contact as difficult as possible and that this is indicative of her attitude of non compliance overall.

You could send a copy to the court for filing too.

Thanks NJ,

I was thinking a letter and have asked my solicitor to do so and provided details.

What a drag....she said in the S7 reoprt that she encouraged contact....you have to laugh....well grimace.

Regards,

Dave

Breaking the court order matey.

Once again, all this is not doing herself any favours therefore should highlight this behaviour.

Hi Boycie,

She breaks it at will.

She told me via mail today that if they were in the children would speak to me??

When I did spek to our children our oldest told me she had been sent to bed but heard me call and leave messages 3 times.

Im pretty disgusted and will speak with the solicitor tomorrow.

Regards,

Dave

Agreed, childrens best interest not put at heart.

Previously denied contact by putting them to sleep early at 6pm!!!!

Can I ask how old your children are? Everynight at a young age is a bit excessive,what would they have to talk about! As they get older they will have outside school activities and friends to play with so a rigid 6-7 call could potentially be disruptive. Do they want to speak to you everynight? Is everynight in the best interests of the kids,or is it what you think should be happening? My kids struggle to find stuff to talk about if telephone contact with their father is frequent,is it not best to have fewer telephone contacts that are more productive,than lots of calls were your kids don't know what to talk about? I personally think everynight is excessive unless the kids actually want it.

Hi Booboo,

I work from home and when I have had to be away in the past always spoke to them every evening to say good night.

I appreciate the calls cannot be long every night however sometimes they are 2 minutes sometimes 10 minutes.

Usuall about 5 depending on what they have to say.

A short call to say goonight of an evening doesnt seem excessive to me. I know....I would say that.

Our children are 6 and 3.

I was main carer for the children and my ex until she left with them and went to her mothers. ( ex has had 2 strokes).

The children usualy have something to say even if it is just good night..love you and they know that I am thinking of them and love them.

To be fair I do not mind missing the odd night as it happens but recently there seems to have been a concerted effort on her part to deny contact despite the judge telling her daily calls should be allowed.

Regards,

Dave

Let the ex hang herself. Your children will vote with their feet when they are older. Always be seen to put them first,and let them know they can call at anytime. If she refuses to let them when they ask, the will soon realise which side their bread is buttered on. My two are realising that with my ex so I'm speaking with experience. As long as you do the right thing, no one can criticize you.