Is a Father's Dismissive Behavior a Matter to Bring Up in Court

My question involves a child custody case from the State of: California

Hello All,

I have a question that I didn't want to ask on the forum b/c it's not of legal matter and I didn’t want to be chastise for posing the question. But I’m asking it anyway, even though I don't believe it has any legal merit, as it's in reference to the father's behavior b/c I wanted to hear your advice.

Yesterday evening, I was out with a girl friend taking an evening stroll with my son. We bumped into the father of my son and he completely ignored us. He was with his girlfriend and her mother. Now, he doesn’t have to acknowledge me but I thought it was pretty insensitive of him to ignore his son, who he hasn’t seen in a long time. He didn't acknowledge that our son was only feet away from him, and walked right past him. My girlfriend, who, until yesterday's events, had been very neutral about the situation, was absolutely appalled and disgusted by his dismissive and coldhearted behavior. She quickly said that she'd serve as a witness to the father's dismissive behavior with regard to our son.

I just have no idea how we are going to co-parent through legal joint custody when this is how the father behaves. The only instance where he’s willing to speak or communicate with me is if I’m willing to negotiate a lower child support amount. And when I ask him if he’s going to visit with his son, he ignores me and doesn’t respond to emails, even when I agree to his terms; he still chooses not to acknowledge that I’m agreeing to his terms. i.e. last Monday he asked me via email to visit with our son by taking a walk at the park the coming Sunday, and I agreed to it but he never responded.

Do you think that there's any point to even have my friend write a notarized letter to the mediator and the judge describing that she witnessed him ignore his son? Or should I just drop it, accept it and let it go b/c there’s absolutely no point?

Thank you,

Drop it, accept it and let it go because there's absolutely no point.

A notarized letter means absolutely diddly squat.

okay then! thank you for your advice.

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Quoting cbg

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Drop it, accept it and let it go because there's absolutely no point.

A notarized letter means absolutely diddly squat.

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