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    I am in florida and have joint custody of my son. He lives with his mother and I get visitation every other weekend. I am supose to get him also one weekday night per week, but she moved over 35 miles away so I gave that day up for many resons.
    His mother informed me of basketball season the past 2 yrs. The games were every weekend. I always took him to all the games because it was 1 hr on sat not a big deal. Now this year she has put him in cub scouts. I told her I didnt mind, as long as it didnt interfere with any already planed activities during my weekends. Some of his scout events are only a few hrs, others are the entire weekend. I told her we could swap out weekends for the long events so that I will still get some time. She said we could figure something out. However there is one event that is all weekend and we have been planing his brothers birthday party on this weekend. This has been planed since before he joined cub scouts. I asked my son he said he wanted to be there. Since I informed his mom he wanted to be at the party he went home with her and she has convinced him that he has to go to the scout event.
    Question , I am suppose to have uninterrupted visitation, and I only get 4 days out of the month. I am willing to let him attend all other events and have never interfered with his sports. Can I legally get him on that weekend since it is my weekend or do i have to let him attend the scout event.

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    Default Re: Visitation and Other Activities

    In our court order it states that the custodial parent cannot enroll child into events that may interfer with other parents time without consulting with the other parent prior. I suggest you get a modification that states this that way you get a say in what he is enrolled in and have a say in and if your time with be compromised. If your court order already has a clause of this sort, take her back for contempt, or threaten to and she what she does. It's not right, because otherwise she could enroll child in extraciricular activities on your days all the time... limiting your time with him. Or take him for the weekend and since it's YOUR time, you get to decide what you two do on YOUR time! Don't take no crap!

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    Our order says both parents sholud assure the childs attandance at extracurricular activites. But also says each parent shall make an effort not to schedule activities for the child that interfers with the other parents time. The scouts covers every weekend in october. so i will not see him in oct at all unless i keep him the one weekend we have plans.
    So am i right in assuming i can refuse this one Scout event and still be obeying the order.

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    Default Re: Visitation and Other Activities

    Well she scheduled this that is interferring your limited time with your son. I say maybe talk to her a bit, and maybe switch weekends with her, or one weekend and take him out the other weekend. Like have two weekends in a row. If she lives close maybe take him for a few nights during the week to make up for your weekend. If none of this happens or if she's being difficult, suck it up, call him constantly and take her back to court and get this section in the court order clarified!!! It seems like both those phrases contradict each other.... leaving a lot of discrepencies! Oh yeah, does it say present extra activities or future possible ones too?

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