Can the goverment force a child to visit their dad on certain days during divorce in America?
415477
Until they are of a certain age yes.  I think the child has to be 13 and then they are old enough to make the choice of wether they want to go or not, but either way, it will have to go through court to be done properly.
953796
No. They don't. Only a judge can legally take away a parent's rights to their children. And a judge will take other things into consideration in addition to nonpayment of child support before deciding whether or not to sever parental rights.
375013
If you have legal & physical custody, I don't think there would be any punishment - unless (possibly) you've got some sort of legal agreement with an ex or other person about NOT being able to leave Massachusettes with the child.\n\nThe USA is a free country, we're free to go wherever we want whenever we want with our children.
702627
If you have joint custody, then all arrangements are supposed to be by consensus. You need to go back to court for an order to equalize access. "They" have no rights at all. Only you and the dad have such rights. If you are not, or not yet, divorced, then there is even less right to deprive you of access.\n\nIf you cannot afford an attorney there is a lot of free help available. The rights of the child are paramount; if the child is past the age of reason his or her views must be taken into account.\n\nAlways come across as reasonable, never hysterical. Let the other side be seen as unreasonable, self-contradictory, vindictive. If that is the case.
742493
It depends on so much.  My brother in law had the same issue.  First of all we live in Ohio so I am not sure what the laws are in Michigan.  In Ohio it is if you are the child's sole provider, in other words the father is not around or paying child support and has no custody visitation, for 3 consecutive years, then you have rights like any other father.  My brother in law actually got temporary custody of his stepdaughter due to her mother leaving her with his parents.  I guess basically all you can do is check with your lawyer if you are going through a divorce.  There may be a way to work this into the divorce papers.  Good luck and I am glad to see someone wanting to step up and be there for a child that is not their own!  It takes a lot of courage and guts to do that!
989355
Your child is still a child until age 18, and until then your ex can file contempt charges against YOU if your children do not go to him on his legal visitation dates.\n\nYou really ought to encourage them to go.  You'll be the one in legal trouble if they don't go.
198507
Not without knowing what state you're talking about.\n\nIn general, if both parents have legal custody, both have to agree or go to court or arbitration. Otherwise, the parent with legal custody determines it.
914664
whilst the age does vary from state tpo state PLEASE note that California [if this state is yours] has a mind of its own.....my child did NOT wish to have anything to do with her father...and he dmeanded and GOT his way..this is a man that had seen her for ONLY 10 days out of her whole life and that was when she was 3 years old..he suddenly wanted HIS rights after I finally got him to pay child support.........so they can ask but please prepare your child that it just might NOT go the way the child wants it to.
114530
Very easily. Your moving his son out of state would interfere with the visitation rights granted to him by the court.\nThe only way you could move would be to take the matter back into court. He would have to give his consent, and the terms of his visitation would be changed.\nIf he's against the move, you're not likely to win this one.\nIf he was okay with it, what is likely to happen would be that the child would live with him in the summer months, and he would be able to come to where you live and visit on several major holidays. Taking the boy back to his motel, or whatever, for the days allowed.
294964
You can try to get a restraining order preventing her from taking the child to step dad.
905261
dont quote me on it but I believe the coiurts want the child to at least 13 years of age. The judge has to ask the child and he or she must tell him on record but will be taken to a private area away from both parents as to not feel pressured into the decision
424872
I know at age 13 they have the right to decide which parent they want to live with.  I'm not sure if they have the right to refuse visitation with the other parent though.
382269
I'm assuming that since you are going to court and not an adminstrative process that the father does not want to voluntarily cooperate.  If not usually a court date is requested and the court orders both parties and child to appear for testing...  if you were going for a test it should be clear in your order to appear.  Once you are tested you should get the results in aprox 30 days but still may not have a support order immediately.  There are usually 30 day objection periods for each step so it does get lengthy...  but it does depend on your state and even you county and how backed up they are...
369127
Yes, as long as you are seperated. You usually have to go in front of a judge.
437706
I'm not an attorney so the best person to ask would be to have a free consultation w/ an attorney you find in the yellow pages. But from my understanding you can revoke his visitation rights w/ a modification to the decree/order. If he tried for shared parenting later it all depends on the circumstances and the judge but it is possible.
1176256
These days laws and the enforcement of them is just Crazy. Anything seems possible, but as long as the daughter is not subjected to any unhealthy situations I don't think his ex has a leg to stand on. Good Luck!
1135635
ok, you're not going to like this, but i have to say it anyhow.  the judge does not need (and in most cases will not) take into consideration any abuse that the father did to you in regards to visitation of the child.  unless you can you prove that he was and is a danger to the child, he will more than likely get visitation with the child.\n\nthat said, the judge should (and usually does) take into consideration the abuse you suffered when deciding custody.  if the two parents cannot converse amicably, they will not be able to jointly decide on the proper care for the child.\n\nmost people confuse custody with visitation.  custody determines who is responsible for the child ie what education the child will receive, who the family doctor is, even hair colour and types of sports the child will be in.  \n\nthere are 2 types of custody \n\n1) sole - one parent is the decision maker.  this type of custody is generally awarded in cases where one parent is so irresponsible that s/he is not capable of caring properly for a child, and in cases where the parents cannot communicate - such as cases where one parent has been abusive to the other.\n\n2) shared/joint custody - both parents jointly make decisions regarding the child's care.  this type of custody is generally decided out of court when the parties can get along reasonably well.  most cases which end up in court end up with one parent getting sole custody.\n\nvisitation determines how often the parent who does not live with the child gets to see the child.  this has no bearing (unfortunate though it may be) on any abuse that the other parent has suffered at his/her hands.\n\nbottom line is ... try to get as much support for supervised visits as you can.  can you get a copy of the other woman's affidavit? and children's aid reports? anything that you can use to protect child?\n\ni wish you all the best of luck and hope that i helped at least a little bit