Can a co-parent withhold their address?

kaMelo

They know exactly where the child is, they are with their other parent and whilst it would be prudent to share contact details there is no requirement to do so.

If one parent has concerns about the child's welfare in the other parent custody then this obviously needs addressing through the courts but outside of any safety concerns, where the other parent lives or what they get up to is simply none of their business.

elsien

Spendless said:

My friend's ex did this to her. It was about control -  the reason he withheld information - nothing else.  A few years later her eldest son was old enough to read and told her anyway!

Sibling’s ex was the same. She’d do all the picking up and dropping off of the children rather than tell him where she lived. And no, there was no abuse or anything else, she was just a control freak. 
She also tried to insist that when he had the kids she was told exactly where they were at all times and happily ignored the double standard going on there. 

It’s about picking your battles and some just aren’t worth it. Save your energy for the bigger ones.

JReacher1

They will find out eventually, it will be hard to hide where she lives for ever if they share 50/50 custody. 

There could be many reasons why the ex doesn’t want him to know e.g. could be just that she doesn’t want him to know how much she paid for the house, or it could be to annoy him (which seems to have worked). 

I would advise don’t play her games and just leave it. 

T.T.D

Good god another mum who thinks it’s logical to apply such petty logic.

There is no reason to withhold such information unless there is serious/imminent risk of harm to mum or child. 50/50 successful out of court co parenting puts this at a zero.

Where both has parent responsibility both also have a right to be involved in any decision that affect that child’s life, this includes where they live and spend their time, where they go to school, this applies to mums and dads.

What, if anything, has come of it now he knows the old address, compared to what could come of it him knowing the new address? 

Is there a non mol? Is there a severe risk to the child him knowing the address? Is there a risk of stalking/harassing behaviours him knowing the address OP? Absent of these he needs to know in the event there is an emergency at the address where mum is incapacitated or where the child would need quick extraction from seeing or experiencing being involved in serious harm.

Absent of the serious risk of harm factor, Dad should be informed of the new address as a matter of course, if refused and again absent of the above risk factor will be told at court level and mum run the risk of incurring dads court fee’s.

I could write a whole series of 5000 word volume books on the petty stuff my EX has currently inflicted on me and my daughters, she is completely self centred and unaware of her own hypocrisy. She serves herself and her own needs above those of her own children’s, when they don’t work out for her, it somehow becomes my fault I’ve learnt to smile and wave.