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    Default What Constitutes Interference With the Other Parent's Telephone Contact

    My question involves child abuse or neglect in the State of: Florida, noncustodial lives in Georgia.

    My ex has been interrogating our child during phone calls. He calls her a liar, and asks if I taught her to lie. He asks is your mother around? And says I can't talk to you if your mother is around, and when he gets her alone, he interrogated her, vilifies me and calls her names. If I am in the room, does this constitute interference with telephone contact?

    FYI: The noncustodial parent was arrested for assaulting me while 8 months pregnant. He has lied under oath about his financials. And quits his job to avoid paying proper support. He has a long history of abusive behavior.

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    Default Re: What Constitutes Interference With the Other Parent's Telephone Contact

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    My question involves child abuse or neglect in the State of: Florida, noncustodial lives in Georgia.

    My ex has been interrogating our child during phone calls. He calls her a liar, and asks if I taught her to lie. He asks is your mother around? And says I can't talk to you if your mother is around, and when he gets her alone, he interrogated her, vilifies me and calls her names. If I am in the room, does this constitute interference with telephone contact?

    FYI: The noncustodial parent was arrested for assaulting me while 8 months pregnant. He has lied under oath about his financials. And quits his job to avoid paying proper support. He has a long history of abusive behavior.
    How old is your child?

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    Default Re: What Constitutes Interference With the Other Parent's Telephone Contact

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    My ex has been interrogating our child during phone calls. He calls her a liar, and asks if I taught her to lie. He asks is your mother around?
    You know this because you interrogate your daughter, or because you listen in? (I'm being intentionally provocative, but if you're going to accuse him of interrogating your daughter it becomes a two-way street.)
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    And says I can't talk to you if your mother is around...
    How does he know? Are you talking to the child, or to him, during the phone calls?
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    If I am in the room, does this constitute interference with telephone contact?
    In the room in the sense of reading a book or doing your nails, or in the room in the sense of listening in and interjecting your comments into the phone conversation? And yes, how old is the child?

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    Default Re: What Constitutes Interference With the Other Parent's Telephone Contact

    It will certainly be interesting to hear how you explain to a judge how you know what he's saying if you're not either requiring her to speak to him on speaker phone or interrogating her yourself. I mean really, my husband has been on the phone while laying right next to me and I can't hear what is being said by the person on the phone yet you can hear the entire conversation.

    Why a 5 year old isn't comfortable speaking to her father and a 5 year old saying that "she doesn't feel comfortable" talking to daddy reeks of coaching. All I can say is good luck with that.

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    Default Re: What Constitutes Interference With the Other Parent's Telephone Contact

    It can.

    Who is more credible - the parent speaking to the child, or the parent who is essentially "spying" on the child.

    The child is too young to testify in court, so her feedback won't matter at all. You accuse Dad of bad things, he accuses you of interference. To give you an example:

    Dad is mean and always calls Mom names

    Mom is deliberately trying to thwart the relationship between Dad and child.

    Be careful here. Without evidence, the courts have a habit of erring on the side of caution and may actually increase Dad's time if they suspect you're coming between them.

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