Full Faith and Credit????

[audster]

What is the name of your state?Illinois

What does Full Faith and Credit mean? Lawyer in Indiana said Illinois had to give any order in Indiana "Full faith and Credit". I'm now having a hard time getting ex and her husband to comply with Court Ordered Visitation. Ex refuses to talk to me and I am forced to deal with her moron hubby.

I have always lived in Illinois, they used to live in Indiana, now live in Illinois. We have never lived more than an hour apart. It seems ludicrous to me to have to spend another fortune on another visitation order when they moved closer! Does Illinois have to recognize the order or not?

 

[Smarty Panties]

If you want a guess, I'd say full faith and credit means that they have to honor the Indiana order. But if both parties now live in Illinois I'd file to have Indiana give up jurisdiction since no one lives there.

 

[audster]

Thanx....let me clarify the question...
Does Illinois have to comply with the visitation order? I'm having a real heck of a time with this....sheriff, city police, circuit clerk and State's Attny all seem to be pasng the buck....keep getting the "you and the ex just need to work this out".

Also, it is unreasonable to me to expect Stepdad to but out? my wife has a strict no involvement policy, not wanting to get in between me, the ex or our daughter. Is it possible to get a court order to keep him from causing problems.

 

[Smarty Panties]

Thanx....let me clarify the question...
Does Illinois have to comply with the visitation order?

That's what I'm guessing "full faith & credit" means. That they have to honor the Indiana order. Maybe you could register the Indiana order with the Illinois court. But honestly, it would probably be easier on you to hire a lawyer and have them file for Indiana to give up jurisdiction to Illinois. I would at least consult a lawyer in Illinois & ask.

Also, it is unreasonable to me to expect Stepdad to but out? my wife has a strict no involvement policy, not wanting to get in between me, the ex or our daughter. Is it possible to get a court order to keep him from causing problems.

No it's not unreasonable but getting it into an order is another story.

 

[audster]

ok, so how do i get them to let me see our daughter in the mean time? Can I "force" (for the lack of a better term) the athourities into helping in the mean time. Also, is there some kind of criminal charge that can be filed and prosecuted? And can this be used as grounds for modification of custody?

 

[LdiJ]

ok, so how do i get them to let me see our daughter in the mean time? Can I "force" (for the lack of a better term) the athourities into helping in the mean time. Also, is there some kind of criminal charge that can be filed and prosecuted? And can this be used as grounds for modification of custody?

The police generally won't help with enforcing visitation orders. The reason for this is that they are civil cases rather than criminal ones and they really don't have the authority. Once in a while you can find an officer who will try to help but its not something you can count on.

Your solution to the problem is to register the orders in Illinois, get jurisdiction changed to Illinois, and then file for contempt.

 

[audster]

Thank you very much. Without a lot of money to hire another lawyer, what is the procedure for registering the order in Illinois and switching jusisdiction?

 

[LdiJ]

Thank you very much. Without a lot of money to hire another lawyer, what is the procedure for registering the order in Illinois and switching jusisdiction?

Try getting that information from either your local courthouse or your local public law library.