His ex-wife has been in contempt of the custody order for the last three years. He filed a couple of contempt charges against her already and it is apparently going to court because of her unwillingness to comply and also because he wants the order modified. He now lives about an hour away from the children and he has changed jobs. The change in jobs interferes with his mid-week custody.
Anyway, during the summer he told her that he wanted to take the kids to Dorney Park. Every time he brought up Dorney Park, she cut back the hours he was supposed to have the children for. He had told the kids that we were going to take them to Dorney Park, and they are very upset that they haven't been allowed to go with us. They say first their mother says they can go, then she says they can't. Well, school started and there went the chances to take them on a Sunday because they would have to be home early.
My fiancé wrote his ex-wife a letter. In the letter he said that he would like to exchange a Sunday for a Saturday in order to take the kids to Dorney Park since all other attempts had been thwarted by her. He asked if the hours could be extended (9am-9pm instead of 12pm-7pm). Before, when he asked her about it, she said he could pick them up at 10am and had better have them home by 3pm. This would have given us only two hours in the park and would have been nothing but a tease to the children. As you can see, that by telling her that we were going to have fun with the boys, she chopped two hours off the visitation time. The letter also stated that he had sent a copy of the letter to her lawyer and to the Family Masters Office. Boy, was she pissed!!
Her lawyer responded:
Dear Mr.------,
I am in receipt of your letter dated Sept.5, 2000, and have discussed it with Mrs.-----. Although Mrs.------ has some serios reservations because of your prior conduct, she is prepared to agree to you taking the children for a day to Dorney Park on September 30, 2000, subject to the following conditions to be confirmed in writing by you with my office prior to September 30, 2000:
1. The exact times on that Saturday would be from 9am-7pm, and not 9am-9pm.
2. The children are to be taken for the day to Dorney Park only(only is underlined), as promised by you and per your letter. If it should be found determined that you took them elsewhere, contrary to the agreement,I will promptly thereafter file the appropriate Petition for Contempt.
3. There is to be no beer or other alcoholic beverages in the automobile or on your person, and you shall not consume any beer or other alcoholic beverages the entire day. Moreover, you are not to give any alcoholic beverages whatsoever to the children. Should we discover that there has been a violation of this provision, a Petition for Contempt will promptly thereafter be filed.
I look forward to receiving your letter confirming the above terms. Please be assured that my client's agreement to do this is not to be interpreted as her agreement to the various other statements made in your letter, many of which she considers inaccurate.
Very truly yours, ---- --- ----,Esquire
By the way, he is claiming PAS on her. She likes to fabricate a lot of things. I don't know what is up with that beer clause.
Thanks!