>Wow, I was in deep hesitation of allowing the mom to option
>of
supervised visitation. I have to attend a hearing in the
>next few weeks in regards to visitation and will follow your
>advice.
>
>I will also refrain from allowing phone calls as well. Until
>further notice of the courts.
>
>Will the two visits cause me problems in court?
If you state that your reason for stopping visitation is that the child reported that the mother was disparaging you to the child, and that you viewed this as creating a hostile environment and being emotionally abusive for the child. Therefore, you believe that the child's best interests would not be served by continuing to permit visitation, until such time as the mother has successfully completed an anger management program, and has taken a polygraph demonstrating that she no longer harbors any ill will towards the child or you.
You can never allow the court to hear that you are being injured, no matter how much that may annoy you. EVERYTHING must be fashioned to either advance or impair the child's best interests, because the child interest is the only thing that the court will weigh in making any decision.
Notice, above I do stick in the word "you" at the end of the paragraph. But, the goal is to show that the mom's disparagement of you has stopped because it's in the child's interest, and not because you deserve to be vindicated for her bad behavior.
The court doesn't really care how the mother treats you, as long as she doesn't commit a criminal act against you. But, if you want to win, you won't let that bother you. It's about the kid -- no one else. Let the mom complain that it's all about her. You stay above it all.