Phone calls....

[goingcrazyinnh]

What is the name of your state? NH

My ex husband conctantly calls the kids (ages 5 and 7) everyday for the past 3 years that we have been divorced. He calls at 7:00 am the kids aren't even up yet. He calls at 8:00 pm and later after they have gone to bed. Some days he calls 4 and 5 times. And last night he called at 8:00 pm because he was at his friends house up the road. I said he could come see them he had actually wanted them to walk up the road to him. Then he wanted to take them over to his friends house, he was obviously intoxicated and so where his friends. How can I stop these phone calls, they upset the kids. He has visitation of every other weekend and Wed nights. He drops them off early every Sunday that he has them and doesn't take them Wed nights anymore. I have to make him take them for the week he is supposed to have in the summer with them, then he refuses to pay support if he has them that week. This is making me insane!!!!

 

[Rushia]

Is there any possible way that you could just talk to him about the times that he is calling. My x and I have been divorced for 2 years now, my kids are 3 and 5. He was doing the same thing at first until I sat him down and talked to him. When he understood their sleeping hours, he quit. He still calls them everyday though, sometimes it's annoying, but the kids like talking to their dad. Good Luck!

 

[goingcrazyinnh]

Thank you for the response. I have talked to him till I am blue in the face, I have even talked to his other family members to no avail. I truly believe that he is doing this to "get back" at me. It used to be much worse in fact, when we first split, he would show up at my house at 3 am and throw beer cans at the house, knock on the windows. I should have went for a restraining order back then. Sorry if I am babbbling but last night was the last straw, after showing up at my house drunk. I am just wondering what legal right I have to stop this, do I need to go back to court, I don't know, lol.

 

[Rushia]

One of the higher ups may be able to help you more legally. I'd suggest caller ID, answering machine and shutting the ringers off on most of the phones so that the children will not be aware of the many phone calls.