Co-parenting...helppp!!
My ex has recently decided to relocate to another country. Before now his parenting skills have been well...lacking.
But upon his relocation he has requested we start Co-parenting "properly" using his words.
He pays NO child support and didnt inform me of his move until AFTER his move.
Is Co-parenting from 2 different countries possible?
Is he out of his mind thinking that I NEED to do the work to get the SKYPE PARENTING PLAN in working order.
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Get legal advice. It all sounds nutty to me. But I don't see why he can't have some phone contact with the kids once or twice a week. But Id make him do all the work!
Im all for him having contact even though he rarely did when we lived 10 minutes apart. But I have issues with myself doing all the work for him, working round his schedule, round his new life etc.
Nope let him do all the work setting it up making it work and never ever send them overseas to him and make sure you put a block on their passports so he can't take them if he has them in Australia.
He sounds wacky it's probably just a nice thought he has while he's moving but he wont follow through.
I have a plan set by the court as my ex is meant to Skype 3 times a week to keep up the relationship we managed once a week but my son 3 at the time started getting violent after calls and taking a while to settle so we meant to do once a fortnight which worked, I keep track of all calls as he doesn't do that now, been 60 days as my son now 4 refuses to speak to him when he calls, and as my lawyer said it is a consequence of his choice to move to another country also has 1 week every school holiday period (4 in NZ) but he has only made 2 this year, he also doesn't pay the government set child support payments and has made a minimal back payment to get him into the country in 3 weeks for his next visit, so really a matter of setting a guideline and keeping track of it and seeing how the children cope, be firm and consider the children's age and what they want too, not an easy task but hopefully it works out.