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Recently, the children that lives with mom has talked about running away and hurting themself if they do not get to be with dad. The children are ages 8 and 9 years old.

How can we get the mom to get counseling for these children? I know that if will be helpful for the children. A place to release their thoughts and tension.

Can we get the court to order this? What can we do? I really want to help these kids before it is too late. We all know that the children wants to be together, as the two older ones live with us. They all want to be with dad, but with mom's BS in court, judge dismissed everything. I'm confused, but am desparate. These children need help...and they need help NOW, but mom will not cooperate. Dad has talked to mom already about attending parenting classes, but mom refused. She said she doesn't need it. Dad is currently taking parenting class by himself and should be done in about 4 weeks. How can we go about getting mom to cooperate more when it comes to parenting? Court order does not state what time and day Dad could call to talk to the children, so mom refuses to allow dad to call. Court order does not state anything about holidays, so mom refuse dad to spend any holidays with the other two children being present. The only thing on the court order is: Rotate weekends with the children starting on Friday at 6:30pm to Sunday at 8:00pm. And it also states that both parties must inform the court of any change of address.

Anything we can do?
Dad doesn't have to convince Mom to take the kids for counseling. Dad can do it himself, he is afterall, the childrens' parent. IF the court order is that these decisons should be made with the other parent's agreement- this is one of those situations where it'd be better to just go ahead and make the decision alone. Dad can take the kids for counseling, and if Mom doesn't like it she can file in court. Then, by the time it goes to court Dad would have some real evidence to present in court, and the kids will already be getting help.

Also, if Mom is not obeying the court order for visitation, Dad can file for contempt.