What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Held in Virginia Courts & I have live in MD for less than 6 months.
I have a 4 year old child. There has always been a question about paternity but my ex refused to take a test. Threatening me if I forced. He has been to jail for not paying support. Caught up on that amount and is again behind around $15k. I asked the court for paternity test and am waiting. If he is not the father, I do not want visitation continued. Even though i do not have court ordered visits. I have been told that I can be forced to do visitation with him and my son. I am trying to prove that continued visits would not be in my son best interest. He was arrested for child abandonment, placed on a year probation and then the courts dropped it becasue he did not get into trouble during probabtion and doesnt have any other terrible criminal record. He was dismissed from the military for assault/battery either while in the Military or lying about info they found on a criminal check. He has not maintained regular visits with my son. My son does not call him daddy but rather by his first name. I want to establish that there is no father/son bond. He calls my fiance daddy. However, this mans mother wants visitation. A Guardian to the Courts says he will try to get grandparent visitation for her stating that the child has bonded with her in that way. I am the mother dont beleive she has. Basically if "dad" was not maintaining regular visits, how can they say the "grandma" has? She's seen the child less. But now I have moved out of state. Since moving, I allowed contact between them and my son becasue if the test shows he is the father, I did not want to look like I was keeping them apart to the courts or like I was hiding out. But I am scared that by me doing that, they could force visitation if not with the "dad" then with grandma. The other man that could be dad had agreed to take a paternity test but has now "disapeared" in a sense. I think he thought about child support and decided not to take the test. Which is fine with me. Eventually, I wish for my fiance to adopt after were married, but that wontbe for some time. Any advise? If I am able to keep "dad" from having regular visitation, what do I do about them trying to force me to give grandma. Also, "dad" lives with grandma. So by them giving grandma visitation, "dad would have it as well through her.
I have a 4 year old child. There has always been a question about paternity but my ex refused to take a test. Threatening me if I forced. He has been to jail for not paying support. Caught up on that amount and is again behind around $15k. I asked the court for paternity test and am waiting. If he is not the father, I do not want visitation continued. Even though i do not have court ordered visits. I have been told that I can be forced to do visitation with him and my son. I am trying to prove that continued visits would not be in my son best interest. He was arrested for child abandonment, placed on a year probation and then the courts dropped it becasue he did not get into trouble during probabtion and doesnt have any other terrible criminal record. He was dismissed from the military for assault/battery either while in the Military or lying about info they found on a criminal check. He has not maintained regular visits with my son. My son does not call him daddy but rather by his first name. I want to establish that there is no father/son bond. He calls my fiance daddy. However, this mans mother wants visitation. A Guardian to the Courts says he will try to get grandparent visitation for her stating that the child has bonded with her in that way. I am the mother dont beleive she has. Basically if "dad" was not maintaining regular visits, how can they say the "grandma" has? She's seen the child less. But now I have moved out of state. Since moving, I allowed contact between them and my son becasue if the test shows he is the father, I did not want to look like I was keeping them apart to the courts or like I was hiding out. But I am scared that by me doing that, they could force visitation if not with the "dad" then with grandma. The other man that could be dad had agreed to take a paternity test but has now "disapeared" in a sense. I think he thought about child support and decided not to take the test. Which is fine with me. Eventually, I wish for my fiance to adopt after were married, but that wontbe for some time. Any advise? If I am able to keep "dad" from having regular visitation, what do I do about them trying to force me to give grandma. Also, "dad" lives with grandma. So by them giving grandma visitation, "dad would have it as well through her.