Legal Question in Family Law in California

Re: change of child care

If the order requires her to put the child in a licensed day care, then yes

Re: change of child care

I don't know what the court order for custody and visitation says, but you can't just take the other parent to court for contempt, even if they ARE in contempt, except in a few small instances. This doesn't appear to be one of those instances.

You have to try to work this out with the mother. You don't want to automatically take her to court just because she won't agree with you to put the child in daycare rather than with the friend.

Before you go to court (for an Order to Show Cause,not for Contempt), you need to weigh out the benefit v. the detriment of being in daycare against being in a private home. Just saying you don't want it to happen makes you appear irrational.