What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Idaho
I often read on this forum statements about "meeting the other parent at the agreed upon drop-off or exchange point." My custody order states nothing of the sort; only days of the week, approximate times (morning, evening, before bed, school schedule, etc).
I drive 45-60 minutes each way to both pick up and drop off my son on weekends and a weeknight per week. I guess it's not something that I'm up in arms about, but my ex does well financially, has a flexible work schedule, and her own car.
Our parenting plan is supposed to be reviewed every 2 years. When this comes up January 2010, would there be any reason to expect that I couldn't ask her to do one pick up or drop off, or meet me at a half-way point? I'm not sure if the current transportation situation is enough to be called "status quo", or if a minor modification can be requested with possiblity of being approved. By the way, when we have this "review", I am assuming that this is just done between my ex and I, or are the lawyers/courts/judges involved? Are these reviews common?
I know it might seem like a petty issue, but especially when picking my son up at his mom's house, I'm fighting tooth and nail to pull him away from a video game system, and sometimes he still has friends over who have not gone home yet. The environment there while I wait is less than pleasant. I think that if we had a mutually agreed upon exchange point, it would take a lot of fuss out of things, but my ex doesn't won't willingly make a change.
I often read on this forum statements about "meeting the other parent at the agreed upon drop-off or exchange point." My custody order states nothing of the sort; only days of the week, approximate times (morning, evening, before bed, school schedule, etc).
I drive 45-60 minutes each way to both pick up and drop off my son on weekends and a weeknight per week. I guess it's not something that I'm up in arms about, but my ex does well financially, has a flexible work schedule, and her own car.
Our parenting plan is supposed to be reviewed every 2 years. When this comes up January 2010, would there be any reason to expect that I couldn't ask her to do one pick up or drop off, or meet me at a half-way point? I'm not sure if the current transportation situation is enough to be called "status quo", or if a minor modification can be requested with possiblity of being approved. By the way, when we have this "review", I am assuming that this is just done between my ex and I, or are the lawyers/courts/judges involved? Are these reviews common?
I know it might seem like a petty issue, but especially when picking my son up at his mom's house, I'm fighting tooth and nail to pull him away from a video game system, and sometimes he still has friends over who have not gone home yet. The environment there while I wait is less than pleasant. I think that if we had a mutually agreed upon exchange point, it would take a lot of fuss out of things, but my ex doesn't won't willingly make a change.
