Legal Question in Family Law in Florida
Contempt of court issue
Not really sure what catagory this falls into...but here goes...
My ex and I are divorced...and are not actually speaking...but recently I have found out that he attempted to give my Daughter a precription that was not hers...She takes ADHD Medication...she ran out...I was not notified...he did not check with a Doctor or me about giving her someone else's script..From what I understand the script that she was given was one of his other childrens ADHD medications...Same medication just a lower dose than hers...But the fact is it was not her prescription...ADHD Medication is also a controlled substance...Can I file contempt charges on him? I might add that he is a Deputy...don't know if this will get him into trouble with his job as well...What should I do? He has tried something similar over the past summer and I did let him know that he should consult a Doctor before playing with her medication...not sure what to do but am very upset over this development....
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Re: Contempt of court issue
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Giving a lower doseage of the same medication was probably a rational choice rather than not giving any medication at all. Reaching a doctor has gotten increasingly difficult in today's day and age and he might not have been able to.
If no harm was done, you might want to rethink your position before you take a drastic action that might not have any merit. Ask yourself, if this happened while still happily married, what would you have thought of his actions? Most likely you would have agreed that this is a viable course of action.
Scott R. Jay, Esq.
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