Hi all,
I am in a situation - almost 4 years separated and have three kids (15,15,13). I am fully paid up on child support, pay healthcare and have them 44% of the time - in which I cover all day to day expenses etc.
My ex has never been communicative nor cooperative but this is becoming far worse and her treatment of the kids at home is abusive, controlling, abandoning them in house, taking away phones (that I pay for) to communicate and abusing them verbally - and occasional accidental 'hits/kicks'
The kids are being 'hurt daily' and are having to carry the load (communications which are fraught with stress) as their Mum refuses to communicate on any level. My son has finally made a break towards me but still has some property over there that she will not allow him to access (most notable IT equipment linking him with his peers/jobs/school, etc)
I called the police to retrieve them and she took them through a merry dance saying the items were 'lost'.
Is there anything I can do under family law to make/encourage her to return items/stop abusing kids (I have spoken to child services - who essentially said this is not extreme enough for them to act).
Writing this down it seems quite benign but living with seeing kids in this position daily is extremely difficult
Would love help of any kind
I am in a situation - almost 4 years separated and have three kids (15,15,13). I am fully paid up on child support, pay healthcare and have them 44% of the time - in which I cover all day to day expenses etc.
My ex has never been communicative nor cooperative but this is becoming far worse and her treatment of the kids at home is abusive, controlling, abandoning them in house, taking away phones (that I pay for) to communicate and abusing them verbally - and occasional accidental 'hits/kicks'
The kids are being 'hurt daily' and are having to carry the load (communications which are fraught with stress) as their Mum refuses to communicate on any level. My son has finally made a break towards me but still has some property over there that she will not allow him to access (most notable IT equipment linking him with his peers/jobs/school, etc)
I called the police to retrieve them and she took them through a merry dance saying the items were 'lost'.
Is there anything I can do under family law to make/encourage her to return items/stop abusing kids (I have spoken to child services - who essentially said this is not extreme enough for them to act).
Writing this down it seems quite benign but living with seeing kids in this position daily is extremely difficult
Would love help of any kind