Instead of Spending Time, He's Dropping off Son with Random People

I am guessing your son is pretty young. That must have been horrible for him. Have you thought about getting your son a cell phone? Even a Disney one would work. I had a friend who did this and it worked for her. You could have him hide it in his backpack and not tell his dad about it. That way if he ever gets into a horrible situation like that again he will be able to call you. His dad cannot take away his right to contact you.

I agree with Mary C, document, document, document! I would also explain to my son that whenever his dad does something like this (leaving him alone with some random person) to immediately go to an employee/manager/authority figure and ask them to call the police. Let your ex explain his negligence to them!

I agree, have your son tell THE MANAGER of the place to contact the authorities about him being "abandoned" or "child endangerment". Better yet, does your son have your phone number (cell or home) so he can directly call you to come get him and then you contact the authorities as you leave.

Yes, document everything!!! and start looking into taking away those visitations or make them supervised visitations. You can appeal to the courts at any time to change things if needed.

Praying for you and the safety of your son during this time.

J. S.

I agree with everyone. Have your son call you or the manager to call you and the police so it can be documented. I am just amazed those people did not call the cops or told the manager. I know I would of said or done something.

I am sorry your son and you had to go through that.

This is horrible. Document, document and document. That is the first step. If it continues, take all of your documentation to an attorney. This is serious.

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By 'random' do you mean someone dad and child do not know? Your ex is still accountable to the court so, as you have been told, document everything and I would also contact my lawyer and see what advice she/he has....I also do not know what NPD is? perhaps the visits need to be supervised.......I will be thinking of you...

Don't let your son go with him if that is the case. I don't care if he has rights or not, that's child endangerment. Period. My ex-husband would do that when he would get our daughter on Fridays. He would be with her for an hour, maybe 2, then drop her off at his sister's house for the night. As soon as i found out, when i would call to check up on her, i would just go pick her up and take her home. Then i would pull up to the party he was at and let him know that he wouldn't be seeing her for quite some time until he can do what he's supposed to do as a dad. He didn't care so i just did it myself with my Mom's help, i had moved back in with Mom when we split. It is hard, but some sacrifices have to be made that are in the best interest of the child.