Articles on Visitation
My Ex has a Drug and Alcohol Problem, Do I Need to Continue Weekend Visitation?
My ex-husband told me that he has a drug & alcohol abuse problem and that he needs to go into a rehab program. He has not done this. Do I have to continue to send my children on their weekend visits?
My step-children live in NJ and my husband and I are in PA. He has joint legal custody of children. My question is, numerous times on the phone and even in writing my husband has asked his ex to stop putting the children in activities that interfere with his visitation without discussing it with him first. Any suggestions?
What happens when judge ignores best interest of child: we are grandparents who have custody of our 3 yr old grandson, CPS have proven parents unfit and neglectful. They were caught in lies in last court, concerning letting their pit bull attack gs, we had to drug test, they did not, judge still says little man has to go for visits.
My ex boyfriend and I have a daughter together and we live in the same town. He just started paying child support after I filed for it and has been trying to get me to stop it because he got a DUII and his license will stay suspended until he pays off all of the back pay. Since he now pays child support does he have any say in where I take our daughter? If that is the case, would I be able to stop the child support and move away without him having any say so about it?
I live in California and I am currently dating a man who is going through divorce. His ex has promised to do whatever it takes to not allow their daughter to be around me during his time with her. The ex just does not like me and does not want me around her daughter. Does she have the right to keep their daughter away from him or me legally in the state of California just because she doesn’t like me? Or does he have the right to bring her around whoever he wants during his time with her?
My wife has denied me the right for Joint custody since our divorce in 1996. I am in arrears and now am being prosecuted by an attorney of the state. I could not pay support because of Economic Hardship with my employment career. I would like to know if I could fight for joint custody and sue my x wife for all the years she had not allowed me Joint custody to eliminate arrears and see my children more.
Do I have to allow my ex-inlaws to visit with the children when the children’s father is out of town. The father works out of town and is not home most of his weekends. Do I have to allow his family to see the kids on his weekend?
i have 3 children and am divorced. my middle daughter age 6 said i touched her inappropriately during a visitation. i did not do this. since this dcf interviewed me, they referred to state atty office, i have not heard from the state atty office ever. now today i was served papers stating that my ex wants no visitation rights with my daughter and a continuance of visitation of 2 hrs a month with my other 2 children. they are asking to terminate my rights to my daughter. can they take my parental rights from me with my daughter? why cant i have regular visitation with my other 2 children? if they take my parental visitation rights, am i obligated to pay child support?
My boyfriend’s ex-wife is upset because their 5 year old daughter jumped in the shower with me while I was taking a shower. I was about to get out of the shower when she started to get undressed and wanted to come in. Shortly after she came in I exited the shower and that was it. Then she started accusing my boyfriend, their daughter and I of taking showers together. I just want to know if legally she can do something.
Is my ex-wife required to supply me with items of necessity when my daughter is in my care, such as diapers; since I pay my child support regularly?
My ex-wife received full custody of our son while she resided in the State of Wyoming. My son has been incompetent from birth and is now 30 years old. Both she and my son live together now in Florida. If I want visitation with my son, what must I do and in what State must this be done?
In Florida, at what age can a Child decide that they do not want to visit the other parent?
So I guess what I want to know is if my son has any rights or do just the girl & her parents have all the rights. They are both 16 years old now & this is their baby - who then has the rights? My son & the ex or the ex’s parents? because every time we ask to see the baby it’s “I’ll have to ask my mom” My son does not have a job at this time & is going back to school in Jan. 07, he has had a lot of problems mentally dealing with everything & has depression & some other issues. Should we as his parents be paying the child support? We live in state of North Carolina & if my son wants to be in his childs life what steps does he need to take. What can I do as a parent to help him.
My ex girlfriend of 8 years and I have 2 kids together. The kids are with me Monday through Friday and with their mom on the weekends. My ex has been dating a guy for a very short time and has been having him spend the nights when the kids are over and spends all her time with him when she should be spending it with the kids. Now, my daughter has come to me on more than one occasion saying that she is uncomfortable being at her moms when this guy is around. I have tried to discuss this with my ex and tell her of our daughters discomfort and she won’t listen or do anything about it. Is there any way to keep this guy away so my kids are happy again?
My ex-wife was given permission by the courts to move the children out-of-country to Germany and subsequently relocated to a military base in the Marshall islands without notification to myself or the courts. The court orders state that I am to have visitation every summer and alternate major holidays along with liberal communication. Since my ex-wife is the custodial parent, is this in any way considered parental kidnapping or any other criminal offense or is it okay for her to continue alienating me from my children in this way.
My ex husband has not made an attempt to see our son who is now 9 for 7 years now. He is paying child support only because I filed with the Department of Revenue and they garnish it right out of his check. My ex is now threatening me that if I don’t stop the Department of Revenue from garnishing his wages, he will take me to court to fight for visitation. What can I do to prevent this from happening? I couldn’t force or make him want to be a father to our son, but financially I could. What are my rights?
I have Bipolar Disorder, and wrote some bad checks and used a credit card illegally. I was in jail for one month. Then went through a domestic violence with my husband who is now my Ex- husband. The father of my two children keeps getting my parenting rights suspended because, of all that has happened this past year. What should I do to regain at least some visitation rights? I’m working now and paying child support again also.
Her biological father has not been in her life in any way shape or form, and he and I have never been married or lived together. He and I came to an agreement regarding custody, visitation, payments, etc., had it notarized and we signed it. Now that child support has been ordered, he’s trying to go against our agreement. How much right do I have with this notarized document?
About seven years ago my fiance was being evicted from her home. With her daughter’s best interests in mind she signed over temporary guardianship to the child’s father with the understanding that the child would be returned to her once she got back on her feet. When she attempted to retrieve her daughter the father refused to give her back. Now her daughter is twelve and is old enough to make her own decision, however her father has made it clear that if she leaves him he will never forgive her. She desperately wants to live with her mother, but is terrified of her father. So my question is this: Is there anything that my fiance can do to obtain her daughter without forcing the girl to choose between them.
Recently, my daughter has been told the truth about her “real” dad. I told the bio-dad of this, and he is THRILLED. He has been seeing her, and wants to establish paternity and get visitation, and pay child support. All the stuff a “dad” does. No-one wanted to take away anything away from my ex husband since he’s been a decent father to her all these years. He doesn’t want to work with us at all and change the visitation schedule so we can all have some time with her. I don’t blame him really, but no-one is trying to hurt him. My daughter wants to see her biological dad and her half brother and sister on his side. When my ex and I divorced, child visitation and support was detailed out in the paperwork. He says that if we want to change that we have to go to court. We are wondering if the bio-dad stands any chance to re-gain legal rights to his child since it’s been 12 years since she was born, and he has had no formal contact with her during that time.
I have been divorced for a few months now, my ex is turning out to be the typical dead beat dad. He disappears for days without returning phone calls and/or text messages, and no one knows where he is. Right now I have sole physical and we have joint legal custody, I want sole custody of all 3 kids without visitation. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to make him give up his rights to them, or at least give me sole custody with supervised visitation.
Anyway, my son has recently told me that he found “pot” and “pot tubes” in his mother’s kitchen drawer. My son has told me repeatedly that he thinks his mom is using drugs too. He is constantly asking when he can come home. I currently have visitation with my son 2 out of 3 weekends. I have filed an appeal with the court- for custody of my son. Is there anything I can do to have my ex-wife drug tested at random?
I live in Los Angeles, Ca and my Ex fiance and i have a 17 month old son who she refuses to let me have any contact with. Now the court entered a judgement that i can have supervised visitation with my son when agreed upon by both parents. I called the House where i was led to believe that my Ex and my son were staying at only to have the Grandmother answer the phone and tell me that they now live in New York. I was never notified about the move to New York by her family or her lawyer. Are there any charges that can be filed? And what can I do as a single father to see my son?
My 6 month old’s father has filed for joint custody with the court. He has had 2 DUI’s and has been ordered to have a breathalyzer in his car. He also lives with his marijuana dealer, whom I have witnessed selling drugs. I want my daughter to have a relationship with her father, but not in his home overnight. Is there anything I can do?
I reside in Arizona my wife resides in Oklahoma with our two kids. I want to file for divorce, is this possible with us living in different states and how will the custody/visitation be decided?
My little girl is 10 years old. She will turn 11 in June. I’m having a problem with her wanting to go to her Dad’s every other weekend. She goes over to her Dad’s and a lot of the time his bowling, golf, hunting, etc. comes first. She doesn’t understand why she even has to go if she is going to be left with her stepmom. I know that her visitation is not going to be about her all the time but some of the time would be nice. What can I do in the State of Louisiana. Can I bring her before a judge or what?
My husband was granted 50/50 custody of my 3 children based on the mediation report. He continuously leaves the kids with me on his days, so he can visit his girlfriend who lives 300 miles away and when he does have he kids he is on call at work or on the phone to his girlfriend. I have been documenting every instance and would like to know if the courts will grant me an order to show cause, so I can revisit the child visitation.
My daughter’s father and I have not been together since I was three months pregnant. I want my daughter to know her father, but he never calls and never even tries to see her. On the rare occasions he does actually come over, he sits around talking to my parents, and pays her very little attention. Every time my daughter has seen her father, she hides behind my dad, whom she called daddy for the longest time. Well, the last time I spoke with him, he said he wanted to pick her up one weekend. I do not feel right about that. Am I wrong for asking him to come over at least like one day a month so that our daughter will get used to him being around before I allow him to take her off? All I ask of him is to get to know our wonderful little girl before he tries to throw another complete stranger on her. How do you think I should handle this situation? Is what I am doing now wrong?
My husband and I divorced, and the medical benefits I depended on also disappeared. I eventually suffered a stroke from the pain, and I knew something had to be done. I left my 5 year old daughter in the care of my ex husband, while I left the state for proper treatment. Now I have returned home. I am grateful that family cared for my daughter while I was ill and away, but now they refuse to acknowledge that I am her rightful mother. Can you please tell me what legal rights I have, and who I can turn to for help or more information?
Let me start by saying that I have joint custody of my 12-year-old son, who has resided with his father and his stepmother in Arizona for 3 years now. However, there is an impending divorce now with the two of them, and his soon to be ex wife has admitted to me that my ex husband is an alcoholic, and that it has gotten out of hand.
I was never married to my daughter’s father, his name is on the birth certificate and we have done a paternity so that she would have a medical card. He does not pay child support through an agency and we have never been to court over any custody issues. I gave him notice before my husband left that we would be leaving after Christmas and he was fine about it. Her father has told me that he can have a judge put in an order that I can not live farther than 50 miles from him.
Our youngest daughter has a serious medical condition which her father ia aware of. She has to take medication and I send it with him on visitations. She came home after a weekend and all the medication was still in the bag. He had not given her any of the prescribed medication.
My ex-husband has a court order that he is not to drink alcohol 8 hours prior to or any time during his visitation with our 5 year old daughter. He is a diagnosed alcoholic. Proven in court - and that is the reason the judge imposed this order on him. I have confronted him - he admits to it and then tells me he’ll stop.
My son’s father and I were never married. He left the state two months prior to my son being born; returned for the birth; then left again 10 days later. He has returned to this state approximately 4 times for a total of roughly 8 days since my son’s birth. My son is now 3.5 years old. Now the father is demanding visitation; do I have to let him have visitation?
I live in New Jersey and my three year old daughter’s father lives Illionois. He has yet to file for visitation, however, he does not pay me any child support. He also has a past of abusing drugs and alcohol. I am afraid that he would try to run off with her as he can be unstable.
The mother of my child has been ordered by the court to pay child support, she simply will not pay a penny and hasn’t since the baby was born 10 months ago.
The oldest son I will call him Greg, just turned 18. Ot his 18th birthday his biological mother threw a party at her home for him. The adults were all drinking liquor and smoking pot. Greg admitted that he was drinking with his biological mom and that she gave drinks to the 14 year old son as well. We have been told by childrens services that it is not illegal for a parent to give alcohol to their child. He (Greg) said that he would be willing to tell all to a judge if we end up in court over this.
My final judgment, in the state of Florida, states that I have sole decision making authority for the health, education and welfare of my son; but that I should also make good faith efforts to include his father in the decision making process. I called my son’s father to discuss after care and the benefits of having our son stay with the facility he has been at since he was 1 1/2 yrs old. But he refused to discuss the best interests of our son and wanted his “karate school” to pick him up everyday. Am I allowed to make these decisions since it does pertain to our son’s best interests, eliminates additional stress and confusion (also for his new kindergarten school), and will help with his continued education?
After being in jail for drugs, is there any hope for visitation with my child? Her mother may still be doing drugs, can she be randomly tested?
My son is 9 years old and my ex wife has been regularly denying me visitation since we got divorced when my son was about 1 year old. Is denying visitation grounds for a change of custody in Indiana?
My daughter-in-law is threatening to take our grandson away from my son here in Florida and move to New York with her relatives. Is there any recourse that we or my son have to keep her from taking that wonderful little boy from us?”
My 12 year old son wants to go live with his step-father (my ex-husband). Do I have to let him? What rights does the step-father have?
My 13 year old son does not want to go see his dad. Do I have to make him go?
Can a parent take a child across state lines during visitation?
My ex-wife is telling my daughter that at the age of twelve she can make the decision to come and see me when she wants to.
What happens if the mother takes off with the child with no warning or consent from the father, across the U.S.? It may be considered parental kidnapping.
My ex is moving 3 hours away. Should we change the 50/50 custody order, and should I travel to help facilitate visitation?
Can a parent with bipolar disorder get a fair shake in family court?
Even a bipolar ex has rights to see their children, but the time together may need to be supervised.
There are very few grandparents rights, and it may be possible to keep grandparents away from seeing their grandchildren, but it isn’t always advisable.
Demanding supervised visitation is not the best way to encourage a father to step up to the plat and spend more and more regular time with a child.
Terminating parental rights is rarely done lightly. Termination of parental rights is very serious, and once done, very hard to undo.
Unless you live in a very unusual state, a court order is almost certainly entered into the record as it was being spoken by the judge. So go with the spirit of the order if there is no reason not to.
Nowhere in law but in family law is there such a blatant disregard for the premise “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”
There is a common misconception about at what age or event a child can decide not to see the other parent.
Are there any laws protecting grandparents rights in Oklahoma? As of May of 2005, there are in fact laws protecting grandparents legal rights in Oklahoma.
Child custody issues often bubble to the surface around when summer-time visitation ends and the school year begins. Child custody laws don’t usually define “summer visitation”, and it’s important to have a working relationship and agreement between the parents.
Are reasonable visitation rights in Florida possible to achieve? The term “reasonable visitation” almost always means that it won’t be, in Florida or anywhere else.
