Twooke, I really must commend you for your attitude and course of action so far. Some parents find it very hard to let the other get their way, even if it means the child is exposed to a fight, and the consequence of that is that both end up looking bad in the eyes of the Court. Taking the high road is how you show you are prioritising the child's best interests, and that is exactly what you're doing, even in the most impossible of circumstances.
Prepare yourself for the likelihood that you may not receive a response at all to your email. Lawyers charge about $30 per hundred words they have to read in correspondence from an opposing party, and they charge even more to write a response, but you've brought the issue to their attention and if her lawyer is a 'bigwig', then it's very likely he's going to give her a firm talking to so as not to jeopardise her own case.
Maybe we are dirty players, but my husband and I wrote 1200-word emails to the other parent's solicitor about nearly major issue that came up because we knew it was costing her money, and very few things motivate as well as expense.
For 'record-keeping purposes and to keep the pressure on to bring the other party to sensibility', you should consider writing another short email today advising that the mother again contravened the interim orders yesterday by taking the child an hour into the two-hour Court-ordered care time without your agreement, and that if she continues with this pattern, then she should consider herself on notice that in addition to contravention proceedings, you'll also be seeking an order for costs to recoup the expense to you of paying for two hours each week and having that time interrupted after one hour.
Prepare yourself for the likelihood that you may not receive a response at all to your email. Lawyers charge about $30 per hundred words they have to read in correspondence from an opposing party, and they charge even more to write a response, but you've brought the issue to their attention and if her lawyer is a 'bigwig', then it's very likely he's going to give her a firm talking to so as not to jeopardise her own case.
Maybe we are dirty players, but my husband and I wrote 1200-word emails to the other parent's solicitor about nearly major issue that came up because we knew it was costing her money, and very few things motivate as well as expense.
For 'record-keeping purposes and to keep the pressure on to bring the other party to sensibility', you should consider writing another short email today advising that the mother again contravened the interim orders yesterday by taking the child an hour into the two-hour Court-ordered care time without your agreement, and that if she continues with this pattern, then she should consider herself on notice that in addition to contravention proceedings, you'll also be seeking an order for costs to recoup the expense to you of paying for two hours each week and having that time interrupted after one hour.
