Custody

If the other parent intentionally interferes with your parenting time, the judge must give you additional time with your child to make up for the lost time.¹ This additional parenting time must:

• be of the same type and length of time that you lost due to the interference; and
• happen within two years of when the judge decides that the other parent intentionally interfered with your parenting time.²

If the judge decides it’s appropriate, the additional parenting time may also:

• be up to twice as long as the parenting time that was lost; and
• include weekend, holiday, and summer parenting time.²

If the judge finds that the other parent intentionally interfered with your time, they must give deference to the additional parenting time schedule you propose. The judge can also order you and the other parent to use a co-parenting application to help with scheduling and communication. You can ask the judge to use this type of application if you think it will help. The other parent can be found to be in contempt of court if they don’t follow the court order regarding parenting time.³

¹ N.D. Cent. Code § 14-09-24.1(1)
² N.D. Cent. Code § 14-09-24.1(2)
³ N.D. Cent. Code § 14-09-24.1(3), (4)