changing visitations

I have a 4 year-old daughter for which I have joint legal and physical custody with her father. My child's father has visitations every other weekend. His mother picks my daughter up and brings her home. She is always late bringing her home and her father does not see her most visits.(He does not live with his mom). On his last visit he went away for the weekend. He usually works Saturday mornings so if he is not away for the weekend he is at work. My daughter cries when it is time to leave and he will not discuss the fact that he spends little or no time with her. Is there anything I can do to have the visitations shortened or supervised to make sure he spends time with her or that she is not there long periods of time with only his mom?

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by sinlgemom:
[b]I have a 4 year-old daughter for which I have joint legal and physical custody with her father. My child's father has visitations every other weekend. His mother picks my daughter up and brings her home. She is always late bringing her home and her father does not see her most visits.(He does not live with his mom). On his last visit he went away for the weekend. He usually works Saturday mornings so if he is not away for the weekend he is at work. My daughter cries when it is time to leave and he will not discuss the fact that he spends little or no time with her. Is there anything I can do to have the visitations shortened or supervised to make sure he spends time with her or that she is not there long periods of time with only his mom?[/b]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

My response:

The courts cannot force someone to exercise their visitation rights. If he chooses not to, or only to see her 3 hours (for example) during his entire weekend, it's his loss.

IAAL



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[LegalBeagle]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by sinlgemom:
[b]I have a 4 year-old daughter for which I have joint legal and physical custody with her father. My child's father has visitations every other weekend. His mother picks my daughter up and brings her home. She is always late bringing her home and her father does not see her most visits.(He does not live with his mom). On his last visit he went away for the weekend. He usually works Saturday mornings so if he is not away for the weekend he is at work. My daughter cries when it is time to leave and he will not discuss the fact that he spends little or no time with her. Is there anything I can do to have the visitations shortened or supervised to make sure he spends time with her or that she is not there long periods of time with only his mom?[/b]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


You could start by writing him a letter stating that you will ONLY release your child into HIS custody and that it will be his responsibility to return the child ON TIME. At the very least it will ensure that the child gets to see him during pickup.

Document everything.. not enough to petition at the moment, but probably will be in the future.


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