Am I able to put my child in preschool without having consent from his father?
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Am I able to put my child in preschool without having consent from his father?
My decree of dissolution states, “If there is any disagreement with regard to methods of discipline, lifestyle choices, schools, sporting even participation, choice of musical instruments, extracurricular activities where the parties cannot agree, mediation shall be utilized prior to either party filiing a petition with any court jurisdiction”. It also states, “In the event the parties are unable to agree to any issues involving the children’s education, religion and or medical care, the parties shall first submit any issue to mediation prior to any court intervention”.
Asked on March 12, 2011 under Family Law, Indiana
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
Although I appreciate your writing the potion of the agreement that you believe is important here, I have to say that the entire agreement needs to be reviewed in order to give any real guidance. Now that being said, it does appear from what you have written that you seem to be sharing joint custody of your child. Is that correct? Joint custody means that you have to jointly agree as to the issues involving education, etc. and the above seems to confirm that because it states that if you can not agree that you will first submit to mediation rather than court intervention. So I think you need his consent but seek legal help here. Good luck.
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