QUESTION
How do we sue a private school for violating a court order?
Asked on Jul 03rd, 2017 on General Practice - Utah
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I'm trying to find out what I need to do to sue the private school my daughter used to attend. She was living with her mom in SLC at the time & I had visitation & joint legal custody of our daughter. Her mom wouldn't give me any info about her schooling so I went to the school directly with my court orders in hand showing I've got joint legal custody & asked the principal to see my daughters school file. As I have every right to know what was going on at school, her grades & such. The principal refused to give me ANYTHING! I tried a couple more times to get info on my daughter via snail mail & she still refused to give me anything? I later found out she's a good family friend of my ex's family. I can't even find out who this private school answers to! Please help me!?!
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I hear your pain and your frustration. You may have options against the mom to hold her in contempt for not assisting you. As to the school, I am more dubious as, in general, the school is not a party to the action, and hence there is no order against the school. I'd have to see the custody orders to be sure on this point. There may be an option against the administrator, in light of the relationship with the ex's family.
Your situation involves major factual and procedural issues. These are issues that we can discuss. If you are interested in pursuing the matter further, I off an initial 1/4 hour consultation without charge, and a 1/2 hour consultation for $50. If you want to set an appointment for the initial consultation, feel free to telephone, or email, my office; if you are outside of the Salt Lake area, we can handle all of this by phone.
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Answered on Jul 04th, 2017 at 10:47 AM