??? what is hampered contact??

[justtired]

My husband has been divorce since 2003 , his ex-wife is constantly telling him and their kids that he is a horriable Dad, they are not even allowed to call him Dad at her house they must call him by his first name if they talk about him at all. There are many other things but that is just the tip of the iceberg. we have had CPS and several sheriff out here due to accusations about how the kids are treated, and my husband has been accused of several things that the sheriff and local police have investigated, and as you can imagine they came up with nothing because there is nothing.
One of her new "problems" is Hampered contact she thinks that when the kids are in our care that she is entitled to talk to them as many times as she wishes, we went back to court in 2008 and the judge ordered that my husband ensure that the children speak to the mother every day at 7pm. while they are in his care, now she has changed work times and wants him to change the times of the calls. problem is that we did this aver a year ago, we changed the time to when she was off work ( 8pm) and we were visited by a sheriff stating that she called because she had not recieved her 7pm phone call. At that time the sheriff said that if the court order says 7pm then my husband needed to make sure the kids called at 7pm, because a court order is enforceable in court. Oh and her new husband threatend to murder my husband the last time that my husband tried to call his kids. when she calls back the children always answer
Now the childrens stepfather has sent an email stating that if my husband calls his phone, the only number we have for the kids, that he will have him charged with harrassing.
1) court orders are to be followed correct? if not thats considered contempt, right?
2) if she needs the time changed , due to the craziness, should she file some kind of amendment?

[Attorney Howard Iken]

Court orders are to be followed - but everyone must be done in a reasonable manner.

It should to me you should file a motion and court hearing to "clarify" the prior orders. The behavior is getting out of hand and the judge should be aware of it.