how to file additional dates on a motion to enforce for visitation

[FM step mom]

Filing

Yes, they do allow filing by fax. We are in Dallas, and she is in Houston 5 hours away so thank god for that. My question is do you think filing additional papers is the wise thing to do, or is there away to add additional dates to the original papers filed on Sept. 5, 2007, or do we just mention it in court but my husband is afraid they will not hold her accountable by jsut mentioning it. We have had problems since day one and have missed several visitations a year but never wanted to go back to court but this year has been very interesting, just doesn't seem like a safe mental environment but there really isn't much you can do about that but a case study and from the outside looking in she is normally but trust me she isn't. I have step children from my first marriage no children of my own from that marriage, and I still get visitation several times a year and get along great with that mother so I am at a lost as to what to do. I feel that I have always reminded my husbands to put the child first, and my husband now is not bitter from anything from there marriage or divorce, in fact he will sit on the phone for hours listening to her but it is the same conversation over and over and he after speaking to the counselor who suggest that if they phone calls were not benefiting the child no longer take them and be firm and make boundaries with the EX, and that is what he has done and she is mad and very hurtful to his daughter.

 

[Ohiogal]

Yes, they do allow filing by fax. We are in Dallas, and she is in Houston 5 hours away so thank god for that. My question is do you think filing additional papers is the wise thing to do, or is there away to add additional dates to the original papers filed on Sept. 5, 2007, or do we just mention it in court but my husband is afraid they will not hold her accountable by jsut mentioning it. We have had problems since day one and have missed several visitations a year but never wanted to go back to court but this year has been very interesting, just doesn't seem like a safe mental environment but there really isn't much you can do about that but a case study and from the outside looking in she is normally but trust me she isn't. I have step children from my first marriage no children of my own from that marriage, and I still get visitation several times a year and get along great with that mother so I am at a lost as to what to do. I feel that I have always reminded my husbands to put the child first, and my husband now is not bitter from anything from there marriage or divorce, in fact he will sit on the phone for hours listening to her but it is the same conversation over and over and he after speaking to the counselor who suggest that if they phone calls were not benefiting the child no longer take them and be firm and make boundaries with the EX, and that is what he has done and she is mad and very hurtful to his daughter.

YOu need to file NEW papers regarding the incidents since September 5, 2007.

 

[wileybunch]

FMStepmom, do you know how your state's statute works? Will your motion be heard AND a determination of contempt done at the same time? Or will an evidentiary hearing be scheduled for another date? If it's the latter, you will likely continue to have contempt from mom since she's pretty brazen about it. And, she'll need to keep the daughter in her presence so she can control what she sees/hears, etc.

She is only 8 now so it's good you are asking and getting advice (including the proper manner to document contempt of the order). You say daughter's fine w/you and my stepdaughter was the same way until this year. Sometimes she and an older sibling would come with a wall built up that would quickly melt, but now the walls are higher and don't melt very quickly, depending on what kind of mood she's in. We know her mother's mad that she has to let her come on weekends and is currently having to let her come *3* weekends a month b/c of a contempt motion and the little stunts Mom is pulling aren't working, she got caught in another one today so when Dad picked daughter up today, she would not talk to him at all on the way to our home and for quite some time after. If the mom has gone so far as to repeatedly be in contempt of the order, she will possibly never truly stop being in contempt one way or another, even if it's just badmouthing behind the scenes so you have your work cut out. To NOT have the daughter for visitation, Dad will only lose ground so stick with it!

 

[TinkerBelleLuvr]

Might I recommend a book called "Divorce Poison" ... I have the full information in some of my other posts.