LdiJ
Senior Member
A judge cannot make visitation contingent upon child support even if the judge thought it was a great idea. Its contrary to law. Child support and visitation are separate legal issues.pvanosta said:Thank you for giving me some of the feedback I was looking for.
We will contact the nastiest most aggressive lawyer we can find and tak eit from there.
Question: if we go to court about his visitation rights and we countersue for child support, what are the chances that the judge makes the visits contingent upon the payment of the support?
That would solve the problem immediately, as he has as much chanced of coming up with that, as I have of sprouting another head overnight.
By all means contact an attorney. However sit down and talk to the attorney...listen very carefully to what the attorney has to say...make sure you get all the potential downsides as well as the upsides..and then go away and think about it carefully before making any decisions.
As I said, and others as well...dad may have no rights at all right now, and certainly doesn't have any enforceable ones. Therefore taking this to court may open up an unnecessary "can of worms".
If this guy is really as bad as you say...then he is eventually going to end up in jail, or even worse.....which would solve your daughter's problem anyway.