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When co-parents have high conflict over custody, at least one of the parents has difficulty following court orders. Here are the main ways that the court orders are often not followed. Dr. Deena Stacer is a parent educator offering online and live coparenting courses for parents to help them stop conflict over custody issues and learn to protect the children from damage. Online courses are located at www.parentsinconflict.com.
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Court Orders and Communication Rules
Court orders help establish rules for communication and contact in legal terms. Court orders define behavior for parents, and the parameters for a remedy, when the rules have been broken and you need a remedy.
There are only two reasons you and your EX continue to have child sharing problems after court orders are put in place:
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The first reason is:
The child sharing agreement/court order is too loosely defined.
This means that you have to keep talking to each other to work out all of the unresolved details.
Court Orders and Conflict
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There is usually an imbalance of power or skills between the couple.
Court Orders and Conflict
The second reason is that either you or your Ex will not follow the court order.
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Either your or your Ex is afraid or unable to enforce the court order with the other parent, or one of you takes advantage of the other person by constantly pushing the rules and pressuring them to give in, and this breaks the court orders.
