Hi
I am the midst of a custody dispute involving our young daughter 2.5 years of age. There are no court orders in effect delegating our child's custody or access for that matter. To no surprise, the request to see my daughter on christmas day and eve was rejected by the mother. Clear demonstration that the mother puts her own interest ahead of our child. However to her credit, she did allocate Boxing Day. On this , day I did exercise our child's access and in a brief discussion, my daughter blurted out "Grandma said Daddy is a bad man" My daughter appeared to very sad. I found such a statement by a young child to be rather disturbing. My question is what is a parent to do in such climate:
a) do nothing and forget it ever happened;
b) send a letter to the mother documenting the statement; ie: without making allegations - be advised that on such date, x may this comment-"Grandma said Daddy is a bad man" Do you have any idea why x would make such a statement?
c) take action with the court - attempt to have court impliment a gag order that no defamation or derogatory of any parent shall not be made in front of the child.;
This is not a first time such comments. Previous to this I wrote a letter to my daughters mother documenting the event. which many members of my family overheard.
Looking for suggestions and advice.
JAD
I am the midst of a custody dispute involving our young daughter 2.5 years of age. There are no court orders in effect delegating our child's custody or access for that matter. To no surprise, the request to see my daughter on christmas day and eve was rejected by the mother. Clear demonstration that the mother puts her own interest ahead of our child. However to her credit, she did allocate Boxing Day. On this , day I did exercise our child's access and in a brief discussion, my daughter blurted out "Grandma said Daddy is a bad man" My daughter appeared to very sad. I found such a statement by a young child to be rather disturbing. My question is what is a parent to do in such climate:
a) do nothing and forget it ever happened;
b) send a letter to the mother documenting the statement; ie: without making allegations - be advised that on such date, x may this comment-"Grandma said Daddy is a bad man" Do you have any idea why x would make such a statement?
c) take action with the court - attempt to have court impliment a gag order that no defamation or derogatory of any parent shall not be made in front of the child.;
This is not a first time such comments. Previous to this I wrote a letter to my daughters mother documenting the event. which many members of my family overheard.
Looking for suggestions and advice.
JAD