Father won’t agree to holiday dates - 03/01/2010

QUESTION:

I have custody of two children. The father lives in another part of NZ.

I am attempting to organise for the children to stay with their father over the holidays for 12 days. The mother has come up with four different dates which father does not agree with. He is now threatening to take it to a lawyer and via the lawyer contacting mother.

Up until recently father had been living overseas for 2 years and since then the children have stayed with him a couple of times, with no issues around arranging the children spending time with him.

What grounds does he have to force visitation via a lawyer when it appears the only issue is that the dates don’t suit him? Please let me know.

ANSWER:

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