Can a Stepparent Violate a Custody Order

llworking - you are incorrect. I didn't violate any court order. Our lawyer said that anyone can call at anytime to inquire about the kids when they are ill. I didn't overstep.

Clearly you don't understand the law.

As you have already been told, you didn't violate the order because you're not a party to the order.

What the lawyer probably actually said was that a judge would not be impressed by a party trying to make a big stink over an out-of-hours call to check to see if the sick kids were okay. If you believe that the lawyer said, "If the kids are sick you can call whenever you want, as often as you want," I suggest you ask him to clarify what he actually said.

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Quoting jmp123

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llworking - you are incorrect. I didn't violate any court order. Our lawyer said that anyone can call at anytime to inquire about the kids when they are ill. I didn't overstep.

Clearly you don't understand the law.

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I understand the law just fine. I also told you that it was unlikely that you actually violated the orders since you are not a party to the orders.

However, you seriously overstepped. Clearly you do not know what overstepping means. Please feel free to substitute any of the following words for overstepping:

Disrespectful
Impolite
Bad Mannered
Crass
Rude
Interfering


A stepparent who thinks it is ok for the STEPPARENT to call the other parent's house to independently talk to the children is all of the above.
If your husband had called himself then it would have been ok. He would have violated the orders but a judge would not have been mad at him about it. You however are NOT a parent of the children and should have minded your own business.

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Quoting jmp123

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llworking - you are incorrect. I didn't violate any court order. Our lawyer said that anyone can call at anytime to inquire about the kids when they are ill. I didn't overstep.

Clearly you don't understand the law.

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Clearly you understand neither the law NOR your role as a stepparent.

Good luck with that, and when the other parent signs up to ask how to get a "no third party interference" clause added to parenting plan we'll be super happy to help.

Of course, we're also going to be super happy to explain why both parents here need to grow up and stop acting like toddlers fighting over the last candy bar in the bag.


(Cue lots of whining about how awful the other parent is and we don't understand and are clearly anti-stepparent)