How to change a court order

HeatherH

4 years ago, a joint residency order was made after a lot of stress and court appearances, in short we are both primary carers really, it's just I have our DS for term time.

Me and my ex have always got on in general, and we've now decided that we want to legally change the court order as we can not afford the continuous train trips that the residency order expects of us, and with the train ticket prices going up, as well as the fact that I'm moving this year so I will no longer be of walking distance to a train station.

Just wondering what the process is, do I just send a letter we've both signed to my solicitors that were used, or is it a bit more complicated than that?

Thanks

[Deleted User]

I'm no expert but I imagine you would have to go back to court just to rubber stamp the RO stating the new terms of when/where your child will stay and you both agree

wannabe_sybil

If both of you are agreed about what should happen, don't inform the court. Just get on with doing sensible things. Who is going to check? Spend the fees on the children.

If you think that there will be arguments or you can't agree then you can make an application (there is a fee) without solicitors. If you can both agree the application then both sign it and ask for it to be dealt with in your absence. The court should be able to tell you the procedure in detail.

If there is no way of agreement then you need to make another application and attend court, and you may like to have a solicitor with you for this. Good luck