[ohio] email communication

Hello,

I (mother) have requested to move our communication to email as our co-parenting communication has deteriorated over the last month. Until recently, we communicated via text regarding our kids (we share legal and physical custody 50/50, alternating week on/week off). However, over the past month, my ex has become hostile after I declined to pay for an expense related to an activity he chose to do with the kids. Per our custody agreement, we are ordered to split agreed-upon extracurricular activity costs 60/40 (me 60 / him 40). However, this activity is solely something he does with them, and I did not agree to it.

When I pushed back on paying, he began texting me 8–10 times in a row, berating me. I let the initial situation cool off, but last week (during my week off, while he had the kids), he resumed sending hostile texts—this time about social media concerns for the kids. He also demanded that I take the kids for New Year’s Eve because he had them last year. (We do not alternate holidays unless they fall outside our regular custody schedule.)

I reminded him that I will be traveling for work that week and cannot accommodate the request. I also stated that I shared his concerns about social media but needed more time to determine what parameters I am comfortable with. This led to another series of 10+ texts accusing me of “ditching our kids for work” and “not being concerned for their safety regarding online predators.”

I asked him multiple times to stop but eventually blocked his phone number. I then informed him that I prefer to move our communication to email until we can return to mediation. I feel uncomfortable with his recent behavior and believe our custody agreement needs revisions regarding communication, cost-sharing, and decision-making.

Since then, he has emailed me several times, accusing me of being childish and difficult, and insinuating that I am blocking his access to the kids. However, I have never prevented him from contacting the kids or vice versa. They have iPads at both homes and use apps to message both of us freely.

Am I at risk of getting in trouble for limiting our communication to email until we can return to mediation?