School Enrollment in California
My ex and I went to court in July in regards to our daughter. The judge ordered that we use his address for school enrollment purposes. He lives in a very bad area. My ex came to me a week later and asked my husband and I to enroll our daughter in the school by my house. My 8 year old attends the school by my house. I hired a lawyer and he filed papers for reconsideration on the enrollment. My ex then August 11th got mad at me for some reason, and decided he changed his mind and did not want to "make my life easy" as he says and said he did not want her to go to school by me. (we live 15 miles apart) Well he never enrolled her, and I have visitation until friday (we have 50/50) so she started school with her sister today. My ex went down and demanded that they pull her out of her first day of kinder. He had the court order and I have nothing signed. We have court next tuesday. The police officer asked me to take her today so her irate father would leave, but that he would not pull her for he rest of the week. Is it against the law to take her, even though the court order says different than what he asked us to do.
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The police officer asked me to take her today so her irate father would leave, but that he would not pull her for he rest of the week. Is it against the law to take her, even though the court order says different than what he asked us to do.
Your last two sentences are confusing.
The police asked you to take the child WHERE?
WHO would not 'pull her' for the rest of the week?
What do you mean by 'pull her'?
The court order says different that what WHO asked you to do?
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From the rest of your post it sounds as if you have been issued a court order that says the child's father's address must be used for the child to be enrolled in the school near him. That is all that matters - not what the two of you verbally agree to or what you have filed for and the Court has not ruled upon.
Your enrolling the child in your neighborhood school instead of the father's is in violation of the court order and you can be found in contempt of court for doing this.
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The police officer asked me to take her home today. Then the police officer told me that he would not ask me to, nor would he take her out of class for the rest of the week, or until we went back to court. The only reason she is enrolled in the school in my area, is because my ex asked me to enroll her here. Now the ex got mad at me for some unrelated reason, and did not want me to take her to the school by my house, even after this little girl was excited to start school with her sister. My question is, with the ex asking me to enroll her there and he still has yet to enroll her in the school by his house, should I continue to take my daughter.
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What evidence do you have that your X asked you to enroll your daughter in a school going against the court order? Did he fill out or sign any of the school paperwork? MY advise is to follow your court order - regardless of what your X or even the police asked you to do.
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If I were the judge, I would expect your child to attend school while this is worked out.
This would not be an issue had your ex- enrolled the child in school, so even if he denies asking you to enroll the child it's fair to ask, what alternative did he leave you with?
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I believe that it is the best interest of my child to attend school and not be pulled through the entire court process. I am trying to allow her to keep her childhood, and not grow up to fast because to many parents drag there children through the whole court process. The proof I have that he asked me to enroll her is that his lawyer called my lawyer on his behalf and asked that we write the new stipulation up, but when it came down to signing it, he refused. We both told our child that she gets to attend school with her sister and thats all she has talked about for a month now. So when it came down to school starting, and the fact he refuses to answer the phone/email/ text.....ect. regarding our child and schooling, I did what was best for her well being and took her to her first day of school. I don't want to look like the bad guy in court next week either. So I am now torn between the court system and the best thing for my daughter.