graybeard1952
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What is the name of your state? Texas
Thank you in advance for your input.
This topic has been touched on briefly when I did a search. I divorced 6 years ago.
My EW has supervised visitation at a county facility. She has never applied for or utilized it. The only contact she has with our 2 daughters is an occasional telephone call. Sometimes it is 4 months before she contacts them, and it is usually after she hooks up with a new guy, and seems to be putting on some sort of façade so as to not make herself look so bad. At that point the calls begin for several weeks, and at times she call while drunk
Nowhere in our Orders does it mention telephone visitation. The only mention of telephone is, “ (Ex Wife) is permanently enjoined from: communicating in person, by telephone, or in writing with (ME), except for arranging visitation or notifying (ME) of circumstances affecting the best interest of the children.”
She is also permanently enjoined from coming within 200 feet of our residence.
I have never placed any restrictions on our children pertaining to calls to or from their mother. They are free to choose to speak to her if they wish. I personally do not answer the phone when she calls. I will listen to the voice mail and if the situation demands a return call, I will call her.
Our children choose not to answer when she calls and have yet to call her back when asked to do so by her. I wont force the issue.
My question is, by law, am I required to provide telephone visitation for her?
I don’t want to come off as a heartless person, but my Ex has been out of our children’s life for 6 years and we have moved on.
My opinion is, if she had began the court ordered visitation 6 years ago, and maintained regular visitation and communication, she wouldn’t be so estranged from our children and the phone call visitation would not even be an issue.
Thank you in advance for your input.
This topic has been touched on briefly when I did a search. I divorced 6 years ago.
My EW has supervised visitation at a county facility. She has never applied for or utilized it. The only contact she has with our 2 daughters is an occasional telephone call. Sometimes it is 4 months before she contacts them, and it is usually after she hooks up with a new guy, and seems to be putting on some sort of façade so as to not make herself look so bad. At that point the calls begin for several weeks, and at times she call while drunk
Nowhere in our Orders does it mention telephone visitation. The only mention of telephone is, “ (Ex Wife) is permanently enjoined from: communicating in person, by telephone, or in writing with (ME), except for arranging visitation or notifying (ME) of circumstances affecting the best interest of the children.”
She is also permanently enjoined from coming within 200 feet of our residence.
I have never placed any restrictions on our children pertaining to calls to or from their mother. They are free to choose to speak to her if they wish. I personally do not answer the phone when she calls. I will listen to the voice mail and if the situation demands a return call, I will call her.
Our children choose not to answer when she calls and have yet to call her back when asked to do so by her. I wont force the issue.
My question is, by law, am I required to provide telephone visitation for her?
I don’t want to come off as a heartless person, but my Ex has been out of our children’s life for 6 years and we have moved on.
My opinion is, if she had began the court ordered visitation 6 years ago, and maintained regular visitation and communication, she wouldn’t be so estranged from our children and the phone call visitation would not even be an issue.
