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hi to everyone on here i am a dad off a five year old daughter i split with my ex when she was 18months old my ex has always told me i can see my daughter when i want .i have seen my girl when i can over the last three years on a mutuel arangement but in the last six months she has been what i think s out of order,i should have had my girl on the sat night to sunday evening i work sat every week so it has been had to see her any other time i rang her to see what was happening regarding picking her up ,she said they were going on holiday on sat for two weeks just like that did not bother to tell me anything about it ,so that meant i have not seen her for one month then she sends me a txt saying they were back home ,i had told her i was off this week on holiday before she went away an said i wanted to have her tues wed thurs and have some timewith her i had arranged with my mum dad to take her to chester zoo,she told me she was taken her to camerlot on the tuesday with her sister,she said i could have her sat wed sat.she is just being really akwerd trying to dictate all the time and just making it hard work for me .i dont no why this ,i frustrates me that she has all the control and i dont get a say ,sorry for the spelling lol,baz
Hi Merlin and welcome
Unfortunately, this is all to common. Your first step is to see if your ex would consider mediation to come to a proper agreement. It would be worth reading yojis guide to representing yourself to have an idea of the process if you do need to take it further.
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