My 11 yr. old son has not seen his father in nearly 8 yrs, (his father never visited), now, the father wants to see him, my son doesnt want to, can we ask the judge to consider my sons wishes? Isnt what his father doing over the past 8 yrs considered "child neglect, mental abuse?"
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. A parent has parental rights and rights under a visitation order until those rights are modified or terminated by a court order.No. A parent has parental rights and rights under a visitation order until those rights are modified or terminated by a court order.No. A parent has parental rights and rights under a visitation order until those rights are modified or terminated by a court order.No. A parent has parental rights and rights under a visitation order until those rights are modified or terminated by a court order.
If the court has awarded you visitation rights, then you have those rights legally and they cannot be denied by the custodial parent.
What rights do you want?
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.
No. The non-custodial parent needs to have the visitation rights enforced by the court if necessary.
Not if the other parent has joint custody and/or visitation rights.
If the other parent have visitation rights you will need their consent as well as the courts.
Only the court has the power to deny visitation rights.
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.
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