Interference with Your Court-Ordered Visitation
Is the parent who has primary custody refusing access to your child? Does he or she routinely infringe on your limited time with your child or ignore the pick-up and drop-off schedule? I can get the courts involved to force him or her to honor the custody agreement.
I am Jeffrey Klein, a Florida family law attorney practicing in Volusia County and Flagler County. I represent non-custodial parents in asserting legal remedies to enforce their court-ordered visitation rights. Contact my Daytona Beach office to explore your options.
Enforcing Your Florida Visitation Rights
Unless a parent can show very good cause for denying access (i.e., a threat to the child's safety or welfare), interfering with your rights to visitation is a violation of the custody decree. I can step in to file a contempt of court complaint. The offending parent will have to appear in court and answer to a judge. If the court finds that parent to be in contempt, sanctions can include:
- Make-up time
- Requiring a parenting course or counseling
- Awarding of attorney fees
- Awarding of primary custody to the other parent (if interference is chronic and willful)
Custody agreements go both ways. If the non-custodial parent repeatedly fails to return the child on time or otherwise abuses visitation, that parent can be held in contempt and sanctioned.
Denial of visitation rights is rarely an isolated event; it's a pattern of behavior. I advise clients on how to document every violation so that we go into court with sufficient evidence to convince the judge to take action.
I am an experienced courtroom lawyer respected by area judges. Call me at 866-819-6032 to discuss enforcement of visitation in a free initial consultation. I also handle visitation rights in paternity cases.
