Yes. visitation and child support are two separate issues. If there is a visitation order it has to be followed. The children do not have a choice and it's the parent's obligation to see to that the court order is obeyed. If the court order for visitation is violated you have to report this back to the court by filing a motion for contempt against the custodial parent. You must obey your child support order. If you fail to pay you will be in contempt of court are child support arrears will continue to accumulate.
If you have not petitioned for visitation and just left it up to the mother to decide there is nothing you can do but go back to court and request a visitation order.
yes if the court orders you to pay child support the court also tells you whether or not you have visitation rights as well so if your advised to pay child support by law and the tell you that you have no visitation then your obligated to pay child support
If there is a court order for visitation privileges it must be obeyed. Visitation and child support are treated as two entirely different issues. Just as an obligated parent is in contempt of a court order when they do not pay the mandated child support a custodial parent could be in contempt for not adhering to the visitation terms.
Visitation and child support are separate issues. One does not depend on the other. Parents must provide support for their children. There are many variations in visitation rights and those do not generally affect child support obligations.Visitation and child support are separate issues. One does not depend on the other. Parents must provide support for their children. There are many variations in visitation rights and those do not generally affect child support obligations.Visitation and child support are separate issues. One does not depend on the other. Parents must provide support for their children. There are many variations in visitation rights and those do not generally affect child support obligations.Visitation and child support are separate issues. One does not depend on the other. Parents must provide support for their children. There are many variations in visitation rights and those do not generally affect child support obligations.
It's not the parent who decide whether there will be visitation rights or not, that is the court and a parent is not obligated to petition for one. A parent can not be forced to have a relationship with their child. Apart from paying child support.
An unmarried father cannot "choose" to not pay child support. The laws in every state require that a father pay for the support of his child. The mother must bring an action to the appropriate court so that a child support order can be established. Visitation rights are separate and a father can have visitation rights established by the court. Visitation rights are not dependent on paying child support.
Yes, if there is an active support order in place the obligated parent must adhere to the terms or risk being found in contempt of a court order. Child support and visitation are two completely different issues and the non compliance of a custodial parent to allow the other parent visitation has no bearing on the child support obligation. A parent who wishes to have contact with their children and is not able to do so, should consult with qualified legal counsel or agency for assistance in obtaining an order of visitation, compliance to an order of visitation, domestic mediation on the matter or other available options.
If the non-custodial parent pay child support that is supposed to cover the expenses for clothes, yes.
No. The court can order child support but it cannot force a parent to visit their children.
Absolutley not.
No. If he chose to give your adult children money, then that was his decision and you are not obligated to reimburse him for any of it. And to take it a bit further, even if the children were still minor after the divorce and he chose to give them money, you would not be obligated to reimburse him for that, either. Child support money goes to the custodial parent for support of the children, not directly to the children.
Child support and visitation are separate issues and giving up visitation does not cancel the responsibility to pay child support. A request to reestablish visitation can be filed even after previously waiving visitation.
Yes. Visitation cannot be denied because of lack of payment of child support. The child support still needs to be paid because there could be jail time involved if there is too much owed and late. BUT, you cannot use visitation priveledges as retribution because (its the law, and) the visitation is for the children, not yourself. The child support is there to assist in the expences of raising children.