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What is the name of your state?Arizona
My step-sons birthday was on the 14th... My husband called numerous times throughout the day to wish him a happy birthday. The mother would never answer the phone. My hubbie finally blocked the number and called again. The step-Father picked up the phone and told hubbie to call the Mother's cell phone. He tried the cell phone quite a few more times but mother never picked up nor returned his call. Hibbie called today and when she finally called back he asked her to speak to his son. the mother told him that his son did not want to talk to him. (When mother got custody neither child wanted to live with her) I find son not wanting to talk really hard to believe. Mother hung up and father immediatly called back. Step-Father answered the phone and father asked told him to put his son on the phone. A good 5 minuted alapsed where we could tell that there was a hand on the phone and there were people talking. When the son got on the phone he could not tell us (remember) what he did last night for his birthday. He could not remember what he got for his birthday. and he was quite unsure if his mother even told him that his father had called. (he at first said yes then paused and said no and then yes again and then well I don't know) When we asked to talk to his sister the son said "she is trying to catch up on her sleep." The son just turned 8 and I am not entirely sure he even know what catching up on your sleep means, let alone saying something like that. If his sister was in fact sleeping then it would have made more sense for him to say that she was sleeping. The point here is that the mother obviously told him what to say to us. There were obviously things that he was told not to tell us about. There were a lot of questions that required a pause on the phone to answer as if he was waiting for the answer. What can we do about this?
 


CJane

Senior Member
Jillian483 said:
What is the name of your state?Arizona
The point here is that the mother obviously told him what to say to us. There were obviously things that he was told not to tell us about. There were a lot of questions that required a pause on the phone to answer as if he was waiting for the answer. What can we do about this?

Probably nothing.
 

CJane

Senior Member
Well, what do you WANT to do about it? I've read a lot of your other posts, and it sounds like your visitation order needs modified. You need specific dates for visitation instead of 'liberal visitation'. You need to specify certain times and dates that the Father is allowed to call the children, and that those phone calls cannot be denied.

Right now, I just don't see anything that the 'other parents' are doing wrong legally.
 
Alienation

The only thing it sounds like to me is parental alienation. If she is telling the children that they cannot tell you certain things then it would put a lack of faith in the minds of the childre. Since it sounds like the children live with her most of the time then they are more that likely believing her if she tells them to not tell daddie things because it will make him mad or because he will yell at you. This is kinda common though and I don't know how much the courts will care.
 

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