Advise!!!

Follow the court order. It seems silly, but he knew about that court order with the trip and should have planned accordingly. He’s trying to test the waters to see what he can get away with and how much control he still has.

Well if he gets the child 5 nights at Easter that would be Sunday-Thursday and then it’s his weekend sooo yeah he’s right

Follow the courts.

There is safeguarding concerns. He only started having overnights 6 months ago and it’s only just got to 2 consecutive which is why they provided 5 nights at Easter then 7 by the summer as long as everything is going well

I get legal aid so they don’t make much off me

okay I understand your concerns but if safety was an issue there should have been proof in the courts courts don’t award parents especially dads that much visitation for no reason

how is he testing the waters it’s his court ordered days he would have the child up until his weekend anyway don’t put things in her head and have her make the wrong choice that will hurt her it’s his time either way he didn’t plan a trip he gets the child 5 days for Easter that goes into his weekend

It depends some court orders normal / term time and then holiday time... If the wording isn't appropriate you could ask for it to be explicitly stated under the slip rule but it's a bit late now.
Sorry, it should be being built up 5 to 7 is too much, the wording should have been better for safeguarding.

I would read that as he will have him for 5 nights in total . Does it say plus his regular nights. Go with whatever your solicitor says

My boys see their dad every two weeks on a Saturday for the day and he has some overnights in some half terms all court ordered if he is due to have 4 nights on the same week he either had monday to friday and doesnt do his Saturday for the day or he does a long weekend on the weekend of his Saturday. It always would include his usuall visitation day/night not add to it. For example mine says 6 weeks holidays 10 nights split into two 5 days and that would be the same and he just had monday to Friday so wouldnt see them tomorrow. If he asked to though and boys wanted to I would agree as it makes no difference to me as if he is having them sometimes overnight its already happening either way. I also wouldnt spite the kids a holiday or fun time if I have nothing planned

Court orders can be amended. I didnt react, kept things simple and after a year he asked for reduced time after basically hardly ever showing up after the first month or so. If it is a game to him and power play he will soon get fed up. If the child is genuinely struggling you can ask for children's services support as they are the only ones who can over ride the court order aswell as the court themselves. They can look more at the bigger picture and assess

The other thing to consider is if or when going back to court the courts will react badly if they see it as a tit for tat and yous are using the child for away of allowing that to happen as they want to see parents putting issues aside and being child focused at all times. I personally wouldnt have reacted and said ok thats great I just want to be clear on what time you are having them from on what day and what time and what day they will be returning .

yeah bc it’s his weekend correct ??

did you not read where she said “ tag it “ to his weekend ITS HIS WEEKEND

Luckily he has just emailed agreeing that it is in fact only a 5 night stay so all is resolved and they get that time together. Thank you all for your input x