Do what you've always done and get what you've always gotten.
Mind you I am not an attorney or a LEO, but there are a few things that I would be contesting.I would bring these up at the courthouse, make them a point of visitation "In the Best Interest of the Child's welfare and safety." (You wont find anyone to argue against that.)
- Smoking around the child or placing the child in an environment where smoking occurs, Arguable as Child endangerment.(I actually faced this one a few years back)
- The Car Insurance and Licensing issue shows lack of personal and civil responsibility. Your Daughter would not be covered in the event of an accident.(from his side)
If you Honestly believe he is a danger, Call the Local PD.
You are only wasting their time if its NOT a probability. Some PDs/Sherrifs have/had Domestic Advocates. They come out, walk the house or accompany Visitations/Exchanges that have a history of "issues".
Asking for help isn't an issue. I Certainly wouldn't be afraid to call someone out if I thought that Harm might come to a member of my Family.
Thanks all. Believe you me we have detailed all of this in the new parenting agreement: No driving our daughter by anyone unless they furnish proof of valid drivers license and auto insurance, my wife has medical and educational power of attorney, he is court ordered to be in therapy, he has to have a working cell phone while she is in his care, to avoid stressing our little girl we drive an extra 1/2 hour to pick her up rather then have him show up late on the bus, and that's just a few of them. So many things any reasonable person would just take for granted we have to spell out. All the things we had to put in about serious issues the only thing he wanted was to be notified about any haircuts she might get. I have never met a more passive aggressive hateful person in my entire life, and I grew up in NYC.
Warning bells have been ringing for a long time. That's why we have such a great new court order, he has no wiggle room this time.
Didn't go well....guess the attorney's get involved tomorrow.
Sorry to hear that.
I wish we, as allegedly adult Human beings, could get along and resolve our differences in a manner that didn't cause financial or emotional hardships on each other.
as far as the Other waning bells, it struck me as odd that he is not concerned with grades, friends, activities or interests. He wants to be notified if she gets a Haircut?
There is something seriously creepy about that.
When was the last time your Daughter spoke with a Court officer/counselor/whatever they are called this week
We have had to bend over several ways to get him to come to the table. Lately we've been attending "Family Therapy" with him, but his problem is he's fine in the room but has no intentions of holding true. The therapist even had the nerve to tell me that my expectations of him might be too high, but that far worse people get visitation rights. I'm not getting upset, he can't fool me again, I knew this could happen. Now it's time for a nice lawyer letter then we're off to court later this morning to file the motion.
That sucks. Good luck man.
Do what you've always done and get what you've always gotten.