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Enforcing ''standard visitation''

Dv'd 7 years. Child 11 years old. Live 90 miles apart. Divorce Decree states ''standard visitation(SV)'', however, for the last 7y I have complied with NCP request and honored wishes. He gets her when he wants, which is fine with me. However, she has started with extracurr activities that have affected his ''WE''(eow just as his current wife has her kids). He chose not to get her for the first week of her xmas vaca, as sv states, due to him having to work. She did not have practice during the first week and it would have been the perfect time to have her to avoid missing mandatory practices. He wanted to pick her up on 12-24. He did not want her on that WE (his WE) because his step kids were with their other parent. Yet he wanted Jordyn to miss her practice for his convenience the next week. I don't agree with that. She has commitments as he does. TO make a long story short, he wasn't going to bring her home for Xmas as agreed until she started to cry, then said :Do you want to comprimise?'' She did get to come home, but I don't think he is going to bring her to her practices. I sent the schedule with him, and if she misses, she will not be allowed to compete 1-6-07. He works 2 jobs and is not with her during visits. What can I do?


Asked on 12/26/06, 9:40 pm

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James Grissom Law Office of James P. Grissom

Re: Enforcing ''standard visitation''

Sounds like you need to modify visitation to accomodate Jordyn's schedule. You will have to make a motion to modify. Might need a TRO to prevent him from interfering with her schedule. Compromise sounds like a good idea. Any way he could have non-standard visitation and Jordyn could have her schedule?

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Answered on 12/27/06, 7:01 pm


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