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pamela dimase
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What is the name of your state? Florida
I have been divorced from my ex husband since 2-13-95. our son is now 13 1/2 years old and daughter is 16 years old. We have shared custody but have always lived 45 minutes to 2 hours away from each other. He has had little to nothing to do with the children. he only shows interest when he has a new wife or girlfriend to make himself look like a great father which unfortunately he has never been. I have already been to court 7 times over non payment of child support which is only $500 a month for both children and an extra $100 a month toward arrears. The problem is that he wants to force both children to see him whether they want to or not. I have always told them whenever they want to call or see their dad they can but both have refused. He remembers their birthdays late and with the exception of my son getting a "whip" neither has received birthday or christmas presents including this past year. The main problem is that he is very filthy mouthed around them. He will look at and go up to other women saying dirty things and naming their body parts as if he is talking to other adults and not his 2 small children. I divorced him because he was both physically and verbally abusive and very much into pornography. The last time my daughter was around him he took her for a five minute ride in the car with a friend in which he yelled at her, used profanity-such as the "f" word which he always uses and preceded to scare her and her friend. My daughter had to tell him to take her back. She and her friend typed a report on what exactly happened and I had it notorized with both of their signatures.
My question is what rights do I have to protect two children from a volatile father who never discloses where he's currently working or living. Even HRS can't find him when they need to concerning child support payments? And are they old enough to refuse to see him? I have 5 family members including his sister who can attest for the fact that he has nothing to do with them and when he does it's when he feels like it and that he's a very unstable person and filthy mouthed!
Please help me, he has now filed a "motion for contempt" against me and I want to make sure that our children are'nt forced to spend time with a man that they neither want to and are scared of!
I have been divorced from my ex husband since 2-13-95. our son is now 13 1/2 years old and daughter is 16 years old. We have shared custody but have always lived 45 minutes to 2 hours away from each other. He has had little to nothing to do with the children. he only shows interest when he has a new wife or girlfriend to make himself look like a great father which unfortunately he has never been. I have already been to court 7 times over non payment of child support which is only $500 a month for both children and an extra $100 a month toward arrears. The problem is that he wants to force both children to see him whether they want to or not. I have always told them whenever they want to call or see their dad they can but both have refused. He remembers their birthdays late and with the exception of my son getting a "whip" neither has received birthday or christmas presents including this past year. The main problem is that he is very filthy mouthed around them. He will look at and go up to other women saying dirty things and naming their body parts as if he is talking to other adults and not his 2 small children. I divorced him because he was both physically and verbally abusive and very much into pornography. The last time my daughter was around him he took her for a five minute ride in the car with a friend in which he yelled at her, used profanity-such as the "f" word which he always uses and preceded to scare her and her friend. My daughter had to tell him to take her back. She and her friend typed a report on what exactly happened and I had it notorized with both of their signatures.
My question is what rights do I have to protect two children from a volatile father who never discloses where he's currently working or living. Even HRS can't find him when they need to concerning child support payments? And are they old enough to refuse to see him? I have 5 family members including his sister who can attest for the fact that he has nothing to do with them and when he does it's when he feels like it and that he's a very unstable person and filthy mouthed!
Please help me, he has now filed a "motion for contempt" against me and I want to make sure that our children are'nt forced to spend time with a man that they neither want to and are scared of!
