Let me count the “reasons,” both legitimate and otherwise:
Legitimate (though not necessarily legal, unless permitted by a court order) reasons:
- the contact you have with the child is truly and seriously harming the child emotionally and/or psychologically;
- the court has ordered contact between you and the child suspended or prohibited or limited; and/or
- your ex isn’t actually blocking contact or even trying to block contact; instead, the child simply doesn’t want you to have contact with him/her while with his/her other parent
Illegitimate reasons:
- your ex is a jerk who knows that it pushes your buttons when he/she blocks contact between you and your child, which is why he/she blocks contact between you and your child;
- your ex is mentally ill and sincerely (though falsely) believes blocking contact between you and the child is the right thing to do;
- your ex is a parental alienator who is trying to destroy your loving relationship with your child (or worse, trying to alienate the child as part of a scheme to get the child not merely to hate you, but to claim you are an abusive and/or neglectful parent, so that your ex can seek a change of the child custody award and/or get you convicted of child abuse).
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