It could be one of many different things. Why don't you ask him? Or...if you mean you're the father of a 16-year-old and have no visitation rights, then why don't you go to court and get them?
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No his father has that right when he exercises his visitation rights. You have no legal right to that kind of control.No his father has that right when he exercises his visitation rights. You have no legal right to that kind of control.No his father has that right when he exercises his visitation rights. You have no legal right to that kind of control.No his father has that right when he exercises his visitation rights. You have no legal right to that kind of control.
If the court order says the father has visitation rights, then the father has visitation rights and what the 17 year old thinks about it doesn't legally matter any more than the 17 year old would be able to get a court to find him not guilty of stealing something on the grounds that he really, really wanted it and couldn't pay for it.So, yes. The 17 year old has to visit the father. The court can't require him to be happy about it, but they can require him to do it.
the father has not spent much time with child since she was about 8 months old is not capable of caring for her
No, as it's a sign of parental alienation syndrome. see link
In the state of the child's residency. see links
In most states the minor under age 14 cannot chose to see or not see said parent. Especially if parents are divorced and have either joint custody or some type of visitation worked out in the court order. However if daughter is under full custody of mother and does not wish to see the father and no visitation rights have been rewarded to the father the daughter does not have to see him. Most time the courts will decide visitation rights and so forth.
Yes of course you can. Visitation rights or shared custody should be settled when they are babies. There should have been a visitation order entered at the time the father was granted custody. There is no age restriction. Unless you were deemed an unfit parent you have the right to a visitation schedule. You should return to the court that issued the custody order and request a visitation schedule.
If the father has legal visitation rights-no. You can file a petition with the court to change visitation to show cause. You petition him to go to court where you tell the judge why you do not want, what you do not want and the judge will decide.
Once the father's paternity has been established he can obtain a visitation schedule unless he is deemed an unfit parent by the court. In order to prevent his obtaining a visitation schedule you would need to provide evidence to the court that he is an unfit parent.You have the right to seek a child support order.
His rights are to pay child support and petition for visitation.
No, it's 18 years old or a court order.