This is complicated, but the bottom line is that visitation is regarded legally as a privilege, not an obligation. If the non-custodial parent doesn't want to visit the child (for whatever reason), the courts are not likely to force them to do so.
An analogy may help: I have a driver's license, but I don't have to drive on any particular day if I don't want to.
Unless visitation rights for the non-custodial parent were allowed in the divorce paperwork, the custodial parent is completely within their rights to deny the non-custodial parent visitation....however, the non-custodial parent may sue for visitation rights.
No. The non-custodial parent needs to have the visitation rights enforced by the court if necessary.
Neither parent; custodial or non custodial decides visitation. Visitation is determined through the courts, and a judge decides when visitation will occur.
The custodial parent is the parent in which the child resides with. My son lives with me and I am the custodial parent, his dad has visitation rights and pays child support.
If the court has awarded you visitation rights, then you have those rights legally and they cannot be denied by the custodial parent.
This could be considered interference and abusive, but the issue will need to be raised with the courts.
Yes. The non-custodial parent must return to court and request a visitation schedule.Yes. The non-custodial parent must return to court and request a visitation schedule.Yes. The non-custodial parent must return to court and request a visitation schedule.Yes. The non-custodial parent must return to court and request a visitation schedule.
First thing..in Indiana...most courts view support and visitation as two separate issues. If the support is required through the courts the judge will ask what the visitation is at that time. However, if the non-custodial parent wants to get visitation without the custodial parents agreement, the non-custodial parent will have to file a request with the court and have a judge issue visitation. If there is no visitation order in place by a judge/court, the custodial parent has no legal requirement to permit visitation. I have dealt with this issue personally as well as my sibling, me being a custodial parent my sibling being a non-custodial parent. So I have seen what happens from both sides. Basically if it something isn't ordered by a judge/court, there is no legal requirement to do visitation or support.
YOU cannot deny any custody or visitation. Only the court can make an enforceable decision regarding these matters. State laws vary. If physical abuse is the case, the custodial parent will need a record of the abuse and should call the police, take pictures to record the effects, and try to have dis-interested witnesses present at the time of any contact between the parents. If there is no abuse to the children, or no abuse in the presence of the children, it is unlikely to make any change in the court decision for joint custody. It may compel the court to make some order for supervised exchange of the children for visitation. Only the court can make any decision, especially regarding custody. If the non-custodial parent is abusive to the children it may be very good grounds for a sole custody arrangement. It may also encourage the court to provide for supervised visitation. Visitation is a different issue than custody. Visitation is the means for the non-custodial parent to have a relationship with the children and build that relationship. A court generally regards this as semi-sacred. A custodial parent should NOT deny visitation. If it is necessary to curtail visitation for the real safety of the children, the custodial parent should immediately file a request for a change of visitation. Otherwise, a court may frown on a parent who denies visitation. In some states, continual denial of visitation can be grounds for a change of custody.
If the non-custodial parents has visitation rights you need court approval. It will all go more smoothly if the non-custodial parent consents to the move.If the non-custodial parents has visitation rights you need court approval. It will all go more smoothly if the non-custodial parent consents to the move.If the non-custodial parents has visitation rights you need court approval. It will all go more smoothly if the non-custodial parent consents to the move.If the non-custodial parents has visitation rights you need court approval. It will all go more smoothly if the non-custodial parent consents to the move.
The two are unrelated unless there is a danger to the children.
If the custodial parent is the one to move, than yes.