My ex partner and I went through a lot of crap a while ago and so we took our case to court over our young son when we split up. The court put visitation/joint custody orders in and so I see him once a week for 8 hours on a Saturday.
For the past few months though we've been getting along fine, and now we're wondering if we HAVE to follow the orders as were set out by the court, or can we just do as we please? It seems a bit silly that we now stay at each others houses at random days of the week and see our son all the time together, yet on a weekend we have to muck about going to a contact centre to drop him off, then I pick him up, and we go home again together anyway, then do it in reverse 8 hours later!
I do wanna keep the orders there just in case something goes wrong again and then my rights to see my son once a week are protected, but are we required by law to follow those orders or can we just put them away indefinitely?
2007-10-20 12:03:49 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The order generally would include a phrase to the effect of "and subject to such changes as both parents may agree" -- meaning that if you can agree to a change of schedule, you can.
Otherwise -- in the rare case that such a provision was not included -- you need to go back to the court and ask it (jointly) to include such a provision.
2007-10-20 12:14:07 · answer #1 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think you need to talk to a lawyer.. who s to say that your spouse doesnt one day say,, " he is nt going with the agree ment" you could get burned.. maybe you need to "amend" the agreement as you seem to be getting along alot better now.
2007-10-20 19:17:18 · answer #2 · answered by hello kitty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋