My ex wife has continually tried to keep my child, who is now 8 years old, from me and badgers me about every detail of the court agreements that I have to fulfill but she never fulfills her part of any agreement we make, including the ones in court when she lies and pretends she doesn't understand what happened in mediation. And she has now moved my child away with her and when I try to make arrangements for visitation all she wants is more child support and to change travel plans that have already been set and tickets paid for my child.

We now live in different states and she is still threatening to not allow me to see my daughter unless I pay for her to come out too, when in the first place she offerred to pay for her own ticket herself. I'm tired of not seeing my daughter when I've continually fulfilled my responsibilities.

Her mother has recently lost her job and has started a legal process with her former employer for what she believes is wrongful termination. They have had their electricity turned off before recently and they have had to borrow money to pay bills. Her mother has a history of mental defects and deafness and is required to be on medication. I believe the situation has changed too much again and I would like to pursue further custudy of my daughter.

Missing daughter :(
treo86

Who cares what your ex thinks and wants... what does the court order say? If she fails to comply with the ORDER, go to the court and have her cited for contempt. The first time they threaten to put her in a jail cell, I bet she starts acting more like an adult.

Mediation is binding because it is eventually signed off on by a judge. Her inability to comprehend it is not an excuse to disregard the court order. If she can't understand it, it is her responsibility to hire or find someone that can explain it to her in little words.

Try explaining it to her in little words: "do what the judge says or go to jail AND lose custody"

Stevetcg said [Who cares what your ex thinks and wants... what does the court order say? If she fails to comply with the ORDER, go to the court and have her cited for contempt. The first time they threaten to put her in a jail cell, I bet she starts acting more like an adult.

Mediation is binding because it is eventually signed off on by a judge. Her inability to comprehend it is not an excuse to disregard the court order. If she can't understand it, it is her responsibility to hire or find someone that can explain it to her in little words.

Try explaining it to her in little words: "do what the judge says or go to jail AND lose custody" ]

I know she doesn't care what the order says, as long as she can use her deafness, she's been getting away with everything since she was adopted as a child. She discussed one thing from mediation and looked like she was going to comply since her and were talking about it after mediation. But time court came around, she said she didn't understand the interpreter and didn't want to go with what the mediator put on the paper that she origianlly signed and agreed to.

And somehow because she hid behind the ADA redtape, my attorney lost all will to fight for me fairly and started to agree with her attorney and didn't let me speak in court. This woman is vindicative, she has a masters in education and she feigned that she didn't understand her own interpreter at mediation? When we went to court the very first time years before this last time, she ripped me in half, took my daughter away and continued to make me pay child support and alimony for 10 months of an abusive relationship that I feared my life for after waking up to her many a morning standing menacingly over me with a hammer. She understood the interpreter prefectly then.

She has continually denied me seeing my daughter over my time for things like "oh I just bought tickets to this show. You will see her next time." Eventhough I'd usually just driven the hour to get my daughter at my scheduled time and planned a camping trip that weekend that the mother knew about that I no longer wanted to go on because my daughter couldn't be with me.

She has continually threatened me with things like not to take her out of the state to see my parents. But she does it in the same summer, she took my daughter out of state without me or my parents knowing until they got there. She does things like that all the time and I'm tired of being kicked for trying to be a good dad.

Every single time she denies you access in your court appointed time, get back in front of the judge and report it.

Keep a journal of every minor infraction or negative thing she says or does.

Im sorry, but your past relationship with her doesn't really factor into any of this. If your lawyer won't do his job and get your rights enforced, fire him. ADA has nothing to do with violating a court order and contempt of court is a crime no matter what her lame excuses are.