Legal Question in Family Law in New Jersey

Father not contacting me for visitation
My childs father is supposed to
contact me by 10pm on wednesday
nights to confirm his weekend
visitation (bc he has history of not
showing up). This is specifically
outlined and written in our last court
order. He refuses to contact me until
about 5 hours before his visit telling
me he is coming. By this time it is
too late for me to alter my work and
babysitting schedules and I have
already made alternate plans for my
child bc he did not contact me. This
happens constantly. He is bringing
me back to court now saying I am
denying him his visitation rights. But
HE is the one not doing what is in
the court order, I have asked him
repeatedly to contact me at the
correct times and never deny when
he does. Am I doing something
wrong here? I just want him to
uphold his part of the agreement so
that I can uphold mine.

Asked on 1/28/09, 9:37 pm

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Robert Davies The Davies Law Firm, P.A.

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Re: Father not contacting me for visitation

Enough of this NONSENSE. This is the kind of thing that Courts hate, the petty nonsense that fathers and mothers can commit.

The problem is that very, very often the Judge has a hard time being sure of which parent is doing the stupid thing, and which is not.

The Judge can order a variety of nasty punishments for bad conduct. You want to avoid that.

A good lawyer can help you to make it clear to the Judge that you are NOT the problem parent. If you are the problem parent, by the way, a good lawyer will persuade you to change what you are doing.

You are likely to be more successful with an attorney representing you.

Please call me if you would like me to assist you. I am in Hackensack, right across from the Bergen County Courthouse.

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Answered on 1/30/09, 5:22 pm

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