Since becoming engaged, my partners ex has decided to threaten court changing his visitation from -weekly and half

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Good evening – sorry to hear of this difficult situation. The ex cannot change the custody order unilaterally; she would need to go to court and convince the judge that there has been change in “the circumstances of the child since the making of the order or the last variation order”. If she doesn’t have compelling reasons why the arrangement should be changed, it is unlikely that the court will entertain her request.

The legal test is “a change in the condition, means, needs, or circumstances of the child or in the ability of the parents to meet the needs of the child which materially affects the child and not foreseen or could not have been reasonably contemplated by the judge who made the initial order.”

There does not appear to be any change of circumstances or the ability of him to care for the children.

Might as well file a cross motion so that she is to accommodate his work schedule.

You would respond to her motion and bring your own motion so that they can be heard at the same time.

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