contempt on visitation and discipline

[lisagr33]

What is the name of your state? TN. Okay, just got back from court and my attorney told me that he was going to call my ex's attorney to let him know that he was getting ready to file two motions of contempt on my ex. One, for visitation violation of court order and two for the discipline he is using. Why would my ex's attorney need to know this? It just seems like that my ex's attorney would warn him about it which would pretty much set my ex off and get angry with me? Help!!!!

 

[SingleMom67]

Is it possible he's trying to get to some agreement without having to actually file the motions (thus incurring court costs and attorneys fees for you)?

 

[lisagr33]

All I know is that my attorney told me before I left the courthouse today that he would have the papers ready for me to look and and sign by the first of next week. According to our decree if either party has to take the other back to court then the party being taken back to court can be subject to paying all attorney fees and court costs. My ex seems to think he is above the law(and court system). When I reported him to CPS regarding the discipline and they did nothing since the children didn't look to be in bad harm, my ex told me that if CPS wasn't going to do anything to him he could continue using the method of discipline he is using. He didn't even care that a well known physician who has seen our son(the one who is getting the worse of the discipline) since birth told me that it was inappropriate. Our son is medication for ADHD. My ex also doesn't care that the form of discipline being used is a form of corporal punishment and goes against our decree which states that the only form of corporal punishment is an open handed spank to the bottom.

 

[casa]

All I know is that my attorney told me before I left the courthouse today that he would have the papers ready for me to look and and sign by the first of next week. According to our decree if either party has to take the other back to court then the party being taken back to court can be subject to paying all attorney fees and court costs. My ex seems to think he is above the law(and court system). When I reported him to CPS regarding the discipline and they did nothing since the children didn't look to be in bad harm, my ex told me that if CPS wasn't going to do anything to him he could continue using the method of discipline he is using. He didn't even care that a well known physician who has seen our son(the one who is getting the worse of the discipline) since birth told me that it was inappropriate. Our son is medication for ADHD. My ex also doesn't care that the form of discipline being used is a form of corporal punishment and goes against our decree which states that the only form of corporal punishment is an open handed spank to the bottom.

It's fairly well known that ADHD kids respond best to positive reinforcement and that physical punishment only sets them back socially.

Your attorney must tell the other attorney- and even if he didn't call him, he'd know when he received the filings from the court.

Trust your attorney

 

[lisagr33]

I do trust my attorney. The problem I have is that with my ex he thinks everything he is doing is okay. Most of it is harmful to our children. He had been giving our children prescription medication w/o physicians approval. He took that out of the employer's sample room that he worked for previously.