stickyrice
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Ohio
If parents have a shared parenting agreement which states that a child will continue to see the same doctor they've been seeing since birth but one parent decides to not follow this and starts taking child to a different doctor without informing the other parent, is that contempt? I only found this out recently when my child told me they had not been seeing Dr. A, but were seeing a different doctor, Dr. B. when their father took them in for care (sore throats, etc.)
Can the parent who continues to follow the agreement obtain the medical records from the non-authorized doctor if the parent finds out by accident who that doctor is? I'm concerned because now I don't know if my child has been given immunizations at both doctors, in effect, getting double medical treatments. I always informed the other parent when appointments were scheduled with Dr. A. (the reason, the outcome), but the other parent has never even admitted to taking our child to Dr. B.
I know about Dr. B because our child told me that Parent B picked our child up from school early and took our child to Dr. B under the pretense of a check-up (this was during Parent B's parenting time). When they arrived, Parent B told our child that instead, the visit was for a drug test since our child's grades had been declining.
Dr. B then proceeded to stand and watch our child urinate into a testing cup, our child was mortified as child is a young teen. The test was negative. Parent B has never informed me that Parent B intended on taking child to be tested, that Parent B actually TOOK child to be tested or what the results of the test was. Child told me when child returned from Parent B's home.
Can Dr. B be held liable for administering this drug test without the consent of both parents when child's parents are divorced and share custody? What exactly is Parent B in violation of?
For the record, child was diagnosed with a learning disability by Dr. A three years ago, but Parent B refused any treatment in connection with this disability, telling Parent A (me) if I pursued treatment, he would sue me for contempt. This is why child's grades are dropping as the school work is getting more difficult and child is getting horribly frustrated.
If parents have a shared parenting agreement which states that a child will continue to see the same doctor they've been seeing since birth but one parent decides to not follow this and starts taking child to a different doctor without informing the other parent, is that contempt? I only found this out recently when my child told me they had not been seeing Dr. A, but were seeing a different doctor, Dr. B. when their father took them in for care (sore throats, etc.)
Can the parent who continues to follow the agreement obtain the medical records from the non-authorized doctor if the parent finds out by accident who that doctor is? I'm concerned because now I don't know if my child has been given immunizations at both doctors, in effect, getting double medical treatments. I always informed the other parent when appointments were scheduled with Dr. A. (the reason, the outcome), but the other parent has never even admitted to taking our child to Dr. B.
I know about Dr. B because our child told me that Parent B picked our child up from school early and took our child to Dr. B under the pretense of a check-up (this was during Parent B's parenting time). When they arrived, Parent B told our child that instead, the visit was for a drug test since our child's grades had been declining.
Dr. B then proceeded to stand and watch our child urinate into a testing cup, our child was mortified as child is a young teen. The test was negative. Parent B has never informed me that Parent B intended on taking child to be tested, that Parent B actually TOOK child to be tested or what the results of the test was. Child told me when child returned from Parent B's home.
Can Dr. B be held liable for administering this drug test without the consent of both parents when child's parents are divorced and share custody? What exactly is Parent B in violation of?
For the record, child was diagnosed with a learning disability by Dr. A three years ago, but Parent B refused any treatment in connection with this disability, telling Parent A (me) if I pursued treatment, he would sue me for contempt. This is why child's grades are dropping as the school work is getting more difficult and child is getting horribly frustrated.
