Legal Question in Family Law in California

You can go back into mediation if you both agree. Otherwise your only alternatives are a motion to make you the primary custodian and/or to have her held in contempt of court.

The first thing you would need to establish in the brief fact scenario is whether the "rules for visitation" that you and your wife agreed with and signed became a final order of the court. This would typically mean that the judge or commissioner in your case not only approved your agreement, but also signed it in an official order document that is filed with the court handling your matter.

Presuming that this has been done and the terms of said agreement are clear as to you and your wife's responsibilities under said order, then you have an enforceable order.

When you have an enforceable order and either of the party violates one or more of the parts of said order, the other party may seek to have the violating party held 'in contempt' by the court (this is a fancy way to say that there is a violation of the enforceable order). If the court, through a noticed hearing, finds that the violating party indeed is in contempt, then there are consequences to said violations against the violating party.

Determining whether this is the best alternative for you in your particular situation is something that you would need to speak to with a competent and professional attorney that will inform you of your rights. If you are interested in setting up a no-obligation consultation with an attorney that can do just that, call attorney John Molina at (888) 790-5053.