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Evening all, Am asking if anyone has every made changes to court order? My son won custody in June 2016, part of the order was that he was responsible for taking child to mums Friday after school and collecting Sunday 4pm. the train tickets cost £48 return so thats £96 every other week. They also stated it wasnt fair for a child to travel 2.5 hrs 2 times over a weekend...(believe this was decided last min as court scenario went on for too long, originally they were saying she would do one journey, he the other)
This in other words means that myself and my partner are doing all the driving!!
My son cannot get a job that intefers with this travelling... Its all a bit messed up tbh. Has anyone tried to change things like this? x
It's quite a commitment for you isn't it! If you wanted to try and vary the order you would need to attempt mediation first, but I doubt she will play ball.
I think it's pretty unfair to expect you to do all the pick ups and it's worth a shot to get some fairness injected....especially as it was what was initially agreed.
it's so hard, financially moreso. Happy to do whats best for child, but ballbreaking 🙁
I know she won't compromise. but think this issue needs dealing with x
Hi There,
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I agree with Mojo, you are doing what is best at the moment but it isn't fair, if you can return to court and try and get things changed hopefully it will be better all round.
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GTTS
Hi
Travel is a funny one but I think it's worth trying for a variation of the order and getting a fair plan put in place.
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