Hi
I was wondering if anyone can help me on if there is anything we can do.
My partner is in an ongoing court case in WA (us being in QLD) over communication and visitation rights with his son. We had a case assessment conference a couple of months ago with a decent outcome of my partner being allowed to send letters and cards, etc, the mother having to send photos and report cards, etc and my partner is to call every Sunday.
We are totally fine with all of this (as baby steps need to be taken as my partner has had no communication with his son for years despite us trying to find them as they had concealed their address etc and we couldn't find them).
His son's maternal grandmother has been in communication with my partner on occasions telling us about his son, etc (but always falling short of telling us where they were). My partner finally got to speak with his son last week and the grandmother messaged saying she did want my partner to talk to him about it all, to see if she could get him to talk more, etc.
He said no, to leave it. She again messaged saying she would do it, so he told her, no, that this was between him, his son and his ex. Since that time, she has gone off abusing and harassing via text, telling my partner to give up, that his son hates him, that we should let his step father adopt him, that my partner has a second chance with our son and to give up on his first son.
He told her very nicely to back off and that he would always fight for his son. He even texted his ex telling him what her mother was saying as we were unaware if she knew. She told us she would tell her to back off as well. She must have told her as we received a barrage of messages all night starting at midnight, calling him a dog c*** and all sorts, saying she is glad the son hates him, that my partner is all sorts of names, that his son has a father and a happy family and it isn't him, etc.
Then she said she'll make sure he never sees his son and she'll continue to tell him not to talk, etc. I'm unsure of the rest of the messages after that as my partner went to work and I haven't seen them but I'll assume they were along the same lines.
Is there anything legal we can do about this? We've done everything the right way and understand that we have to take small steps with his son and do this the best way for him. Our next family court step in is in January with a child inclusive meeting. We are about done with the harassment and threats from the maternal grandmother.
I was wondering if anyone can help me on if there is anything we can do.
My partner is in an ongoing court case in WA (us being in QLD) over communication and visitation rights with his son. We had a case assessment conference a couple of months ago with a decent outcome of my partner being allowed to send letters and cards, etc, the mother having to send photos and report cards, etc and my partner is to call every Sunday.
We are totally fine with all of this (as baby steps need to be taken as my partner has had no communication with his son for years despite us trying to find them as they had concealed their address etc and we couldn't find them).
His son's maternal grandmother has been in communication with my partner on occasions telling us about his son, etc (but always falling short of telling us where they were). My partner finally got to speak with his son last week and the grandmother messaged saying she did want my partner to talk to him about it all, to see if she could get him to talk more, etc.
He said no, to leave it. She again messaged saying she would do it, so he told her, no, that this was between him, his son and his ex. Since that time, she has gone off abusing and harassing via text, telling my partner to give up, that his son hates him, that we should let his step father adopt him, that my partner has a second chance with our son and to give up on his first son.
He told her very nicely to back off and that he would always fight for his son. He even texted his ex telling him what her mother was saying as we were unaware if she knew. She told us she would tell her to back off as well. She must have told her as we received a barrage of messages all night starting at midnight, calling him a dog c*** and all sorts, saying she is glad the son hates him, that my partner is all sorts of names, that his son has a father and a happy family and it isn't him, etc.
Then she said she'll make sure he never sees his son and she'll continue to tell him not to talk, etc. I'm unsure of the rest of the messages after that as my partner went to work and I haven't seen them but I'll assume they were along the same lines.
Is there anything legal we can do about this? We've done everything the right way and understand that we have to take small steps with his son and do this the best way for him. Our next family court step in is in January with a child inclusive meeting. We are about done with the harassment and threats from the maternal grandmother.
