Stacey3569
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Louisiana
We have a visitation agreement filed with the court that states my ex is to pick our children up by 5p at my residence or school/summer camp on Friday and drop them back off to me or to school by 8a Monday, on his visitation weekends. For the past 4 months or so, he has been telling me that I can either drop them off at his house (where his girlfriend is sometimes home or the kids will be home by themselves until someone gets home), or I can wait around until 10p when he can pick them up because he has "business" to do. At first I did not mind dropping the kids off, if the girlfriend was home, but they have since moved about 1/2 hour away. I might also add that he does not tell me any of this until it is 5p and I ask my son "is your dad coming to get you?" and he'll call his dad who gives the same story. Not trying to be selfish but sometimes I DO have plans made for those Friday nights that I have to cancel because I either have to wait around for someone to show up at his house before I can drop the kids off, or I have to wait around til he decides to show up to pick up the kids.
Since it's in the visitation agreement as to what his responsibilities are, what are my options for enforcing that? I have heard that even if a visitation agreement is in place, the courts can not force a non-domiciliary parent to visit their children. Is that true? Do I have to continue to be my ex's taxi service because he can't schedule his "business" appointments around his scheduled visitation with his kids? (and he has his own business, so he is the one who makes his schedules)
We have a visitation agreement filed with the court that states my ex is to pick our children up by 5p at my residence or school/summer camp on Friday and drop them back off to me or to school by 8a Monday, on his visitation weekends. For the past 4 months or so, he has been telling me that I can either drop them off at his house (where his girlfriend is sometimes home or the kids will be home by themselves until someone gets home), or I can wait around until 10p when he can pick them up because he has "business" to do. At first I did not mind dropping the kids off, if the girlfriend was home, but they have since moved about 1/2 hour away. I might also add that he does not tell me any of this until it is 5p and I ask my son "is your dad coming to get you?" and he'll call his dad who gives the same story. Not trying to be selfish but sometimes I DO have plans made for those Friday nights that I have to cancel because I either have to wait around for someone to show up at his house before I can drop the kids off, or I have to wait around til he decides to show up to pick up the kids.
Since it's in the visitation agreement as to what his responsibilities are, what are my options for enforcing that? I have heard that even if a visitation agreement is in place, the courts can not force a non-domiciliary parent to visit their children. Is that true? Do I have to continue to be my ex's taxi service because he can't schedule his "business" appointments around his scheduled visitation with his kids? (and he has his own business, so he is the one who makes his schedules)