>Thankyou mistoffolees for the quick reply. I reviewed my
>
court order and under the 50/50
joint custody provisions it
>states that all medical, religion, and schooling matters were
>to be decided by BOTH parents. Now when the order was changed
>just a week ago to
sole custody to mom it seems that the judge
>praised her for this behavior.
>
>on another note, the mom also took and had my daughter
>baptized when she was 5 months old after we seperated. She
>refused to include me telling the courts that her family
>stated that if i was there that they would not show up. Then i
>requested to know what religion she baptized her as because i
>am a christian and she refused to disclose that to me, finall
>the Guardian Ad Litem forced her to tell me. Mom also told
>each and every medical provider that my daughter had visited
>throughout her life that me, the childs dad had no rights to
>any of the records. I could go on and on about the "parental
>alienation" but you get the idea. The courts did order us to
>attend co-parenting counseling but i never went due to
>financial problems. i know thats no excuse but i made many
>attempts to attend. And finally after i sent a payment to the
>counselor for her retainer fees i tried to get the moms
>availibity schedule to compare it to mine so we could set up
>an appointment with the counselor and again, mom refused to
>tell me saying thats "none of your business" AT the court
>hearing mom just lied and lied about how she always tried to
>talk to me about these issues and the judge believed it all
>and cared nothing about my defending statements so that why
>the order was changed to me only seeing my kid 2 days a month.
>I firmly believe the courts made a gender biased decision and
>did me and my daughter WRONG. And on a final note, DOES ANYONE
>BELIEVE I HAVE GROUNDS TO TAKE THIS TO THE COURT OF APPEALS???
>And was mom in contempt??? Any info will be great and sorry
>for the long posting.
It appears from your ruling that you don't have any obligation to pay for schooling that you didn't agree to, but you'd have to verify that with an attorney.
She is clearly in contempt and you can probably sue for contempt to force her to comply with the agreement as written.
I do not believe that you can appeal the earlier ruling on those grounds. However, you can seek a brand new custody hearing on the grounds of parental alienation and contempt.
You need to see an attorney.