My boyfriend and his ex have a child together, and his ex doesn’t want me around their son. She told my boyfriend that if I’m at his house when the child visits, she’s not going to let him see his son anymore. My boyfriend won’t stand up to her, and now he has to go over to her house whenever he wants to see his son! Is this legal? Can she do this?

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