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My Ex Being Difficult With Access To The Children I Am Sure She Only Doing It To Wind Me We Agreed
My ex is being difficult with access to the children. I am sure she is only doing it to wind me up. We agreed that I would see the children every Saturday. She says I have to get them back to her house by 4 pm. With the travel across London that doesn’t give me time to do anything with the kids before I have to start the journey back to her house. Should I just ignore her and return the kids at 6 pm. If I get them back for 6 then I at least have time to do something with them, rather than just spending most of the day travelling back and forth across London.
My ex is being difficult with access to the children. I am sure she is only doing it to wind me up. We agreed that I would see the children every Saturday. She says I have to get them back to her house by 4 pm. With the travel across London that doesn’t give me time to do anything with the kids before I have to start the journey back to her house. Should I just ignore her and return the kids at 6 pm. If I get them back for 6 then I at least have time to do something with them, rather than just spending most of the day travelling back and forth across London.
Public Answer
I am sorry to hear about the difficulties with the Saturday contact with your children. Spending the Saturday travelling cannot be much fun for you or the children.
You do not say whether there is a court order in place. Has a child arrangements order been made? If there is a child arrangements order and it says that the children have to be back at home with their mother by 4pm then you should comply with the court order. That is unless your ex-partner agrees to the change in time from 4pm to 6pm or you apply back to court to vary the child arrangements order to a return time of 6pm.
You do not mention how old your children are. Is there a reason why they need to be back at their mother’s house for 4pm on the Saturday? In addition, you do not mention if you are having any overnight contact with the children. If you have accommodation for them, staying with you overnight may help give you more quality time with the children to enjoy outings with them.
To discuss your situation and your options we would need to see you. We can give you expert children law advice and advise you on the best way forward. Please call us on 0203 959 9123 to arrange an appointment to discuss how we can help you.
Jordana Adams, Family Solicitor
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