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Hello I have a court order granted I get my daughter every other week for weekend and extra days on holidays.
Me and my partner have no ties around our area we live ten miles away from my ex and child but we want to move away.
We found a place 56 miles away which is a hour drive.
Is that to far to carry on Contsct I'm willing ect and want to but can my ex refuse me.
We have no family here or anything and travel isn't a problem for me.
No, your ex can't refuse you contact, but it will realistically be you who has to do all of the extra travelling. When my kids were young, and before I took them away from their mother, I used to do a 400 mile round trip every alternate Sunday to see them, wasn't a problem at all.
Thankyou for your reply.
Travel isn't a issue atall even when I'm close to.my child my ex doesn't make things easier like if I asked for an extra phonecall gets shot down ect so it seems pointless wherever I am I don't get more flexibility I was just worried if she had a leg to stand on with distance as I know what she's like.
Well done for getting your children must be so nice. May I ask did they decide to live with you in the end.
I hate waiting two weeks I use to have 50 50 but loads of things happend and I had to drag her back to court and accepted anything I could get so my daughter would see me again as it was over a year
No, she can't stop your contact just because you are further away.
My ex was seriously neglecting my kids, so I took them from her with the help of the police and then went to court to get residence. My daughters hadn't seen my ex for about 8 years, until they met up with her a couple of months ago, and they came away from that wanting to have nothing more to do with her, they gave her a chance to heal the wounds and she blew it.
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