Child Pick Up & Drop Off

by Erica from Chipley, Florida, Washington County

Nine years ago the judge ordered us to pick up and drop off the minor child at my husbands parents house due to the fact that my husband and I lived just outside the Bay County Florida line.

His ex wife lived on the opposite out skirts of town.

Since then the ex wife now resides in town but my husbands parents have since divorced and moved. The ex wife refuses to meet us half way.

Do we have rights? How do we go about having a judge consider our situation? We pick up the minor child and drop off at the current time.

Answer to Florida Child Visitation Question

Dear Erica,

You can file a Supplemental Petition to Modify Child Custody Time-Sharing Schedule and Other Relief; and a proposed Parenting Plan.

Have a look at our web-powered instructions page for Form 12.905(a) and the Parenting Plan.

These child visitation forms and other family law forms are available on the Florida Supreme Court's website, www.flcourts.org.

Family law judges are aware that situations change over time.

It is remarkable that your current arrangement has worked for as long as it has. Before filing anything in court, however, I suggest, you might try one more time to reason with the ex-wife.

Notice: We provide these answers to the general public and our website visitors as a means to further their online legal research. These answers are merely suggestions and should not be regarded as legal advice.

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Exchange of Child
by: J. from Florida

I am a dad with primary custody of my diabetic daughter. I am in a steady relationship and so is my ex wife, there has been conflicts with my ex wife and her boyfriend at our exchange times. In my final judgement it does not detail on whom has to pick up the child. I previously verbally stated that the parent doing the time sharing would be the one providing their own transportation.

Since there has been quite a few conflicts, I have now both verbally & wrote notarized and certified mailed stating that it would now be her responsibility to pick up and drop off the child to avoid conflict.

What happens if she does not abide? Previously she has had me wait a couple of hours for my daughter and has consistently been late on picking her up/ or not picking her up at all. What would you recommend? Thank You!

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If she does not agree to this arrangement, then you will likely have to ask the court to decide. If you decide to go this route, you can file a Supplemental Petition to modify your current judgement. If you do this, you can ask that a more detailed pick-up and drop-off be ordered by the court. --Staff

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