JusttheDad
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Tennessee
I have a 13-month-old daughter with my ex-girlfriend. The girlfriend and I broke up in December; before then I saw my daughter on a daily basis. We have a parenting plan that was court approved in November and I do have visitation rights (Thursday nights, every other weekend, holidays, etc.). We just started the visitation schedule in December, though, due to the breakup.
It seems that every time I am to have my daughter, something happens to interrupt my visitation. This includes phone calls asking me to bring her back early for whatever reason; my daughter not being at the mom's house when I go to pick her up (the grandmother took her shopping); the most extreme example was when I had my daughter during the Christmas break and she became sick. Me and the mom took her to the doctor together - afterwards the grandmother came to the parking lot and took my daughter from me saying that "a baby wants to be with its mother when it's sick". I still had one day left on my visitation. (I did get her back later that night after threatening to call my attorney and the police). These are just a few examples in the short time we have done visitation.
This is my weekend to have my daughter; however, the mom's birthday was yesterday and she gets her on her birthday. So my daughter stays at her mom's last night and we agreed that I would pick her up today after I got off work. When I get to her house, no one is there and it takes 4 attempts to reach the mom (mom and grandmother are shopping with my daughter).
I'm pretty sure that unless I make a big fuss I won't see my daughter for the rest of the weekend. The police won't do anything - the last time they said it was a civil matter and they could not do anything about it.
Our parenting plan includes a 3 hour right of first refusal. I have no problem with allowing the mom to keep the daughter during my visitation when I work or go to school. (Mom does not work and she does not go to school.)
Is this contempt? And if I take her back to court, will this stop? Will I have a chance to get my daughter 50-50 because of this? I go to school full-time, I work part-time, and I pay child support. I still owe my parents for the 1st time we went to court. I can't afford alot of money unless it makes a difference.
I'm just sick of the drama and the mom and grandmother acting like I don't matter in my daughter's life. Just so you know - I am 20 and the mom is 19 - we both live with our parents.
I have a 13-month-old daughter with my ex-girlfriend. The girlfriend and I broke up in December; before then I saw my daughter on a daily basis. We have a parenting plan that was court approved in November and I do have visitation rights (Thursday nights, every other weekend, holidays, etc.). We just started the visitation schedule in December, though, due to the breakup.
It seems that every time I am to have my daughter, something happens to interrupt my visitation. This includes phone calls asking me to bring her back early for whatever reason; my daughter not being at the mom's house when I go to pick her up (the grandmother took her shopping); the most extreme example was when I had my daughter during the Christmas break and she became sick. Me and the mom took her to the doctor together - afterwards the grandmother came to the parking lot and took my daughter from me saying that "a baby wants to be with its mother when it's sick". I still had one day left on my visitation. (I did get her back later that night after threatening to call my attorney and the police). These are just a few examples in the short time we have done visitation.
This is my weekend to have my daughter; however, the mom's birthday was yesterday and she gets her on her birthday. So my daughter stays at her mom's last night and we agreed that I would pick her up today after I got off work. When I get to her house, no one is there and it takes 4 attempts to reach the mom (mom and grandmother are shopping with my daughter).
I'm pretty sure that unless I make a big fuss I won't see my daughter for the rest of the weekend. The police won't do anything - the last time they said it was a civil matter and they could not do anything about it.
Our parenting plan includes a 3 hour right of first refusal. I have no problem with allowing the mom to keep the daughter during my visitation when I work or go to school. (Mom does not work and she does not go to school.)
Is this contempt? And if I take her back to court, will this stop? Will I have a chance to get my daughter 50-50 because of this? I go to school full-time, I work part-time, and I pay child support. I still owe my parents for the 1st time we went to court. I can't afford alot of money unless it makes a difference.
I'm just sick of the drama and the mom and grandmother acting like I don't matter in my daughter's life. Just so you know - I am 20 and the mom is 19 - we both live with our parents.