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And figured I'd post something on this board since no one has posted anything yet.

In the early part of 2006, ncp was issued supervised visitation, to take place at a center every Sat. from 11-1.  He hasn't shown up at the center since May 2006, I continued to come through July and talked to the director of the center and he told me that the attendance was being reported to the courts (I don't believe that though).  I am ready to take him back to court on the grounds that he hasn't followed the order and I am hoping to terminate all contact, he obviously doesn't have a interest anyway.

1) on my paperwork what should I ask the courts to grant?

2) is it likely for a court to terminate all contact?

3) if i take him back to court on grounds of not showing do you think they'll issue something basically saying show up?

4) should i leave it be for however long?

My boyfriend is currently paying 375 a month in child support, in the state of Maryland even though he has his daughter every other week and is responsible for all expenses incurred during that time.  In January he will be a full time student and his age is 25.

1) If you are a full time student do you still have to pay child support?

My daughters fathers has now missed the last three supervised visitations.  I was told to send him a certified letter telling him since he has missed the visits that I am now terminating them.  I need help in writing the letter though.

1) Can you give me some verbage or ideas to put in the letter?

2) Is there anything that the letter must state?

Thanks

My case is in Prince Georges County Maryland and this past weekend the other parent did not show for his supervised visitation...  We have had supervised for about 5 months now and this is the first time he hasn't showed.

1) Can I go back to court after one missed visit?

2) Should I continue to show up to see if he comes?

Had court on yesterday, my attorney, myself and him were present.  You probably remember me because our case involves abuse and not physical.  We hadn't seen the home evaluators report so the judge put us in recess to allow both parties to review the report.  The report basically slammed him and recommned not changing current set-up, which is me sole physical and legal custody.  She said that she recommends supervised visitation for six months, and during that time the child should be in therpahy to determine if no contact at all should be rendered.  The other party and the courts are unaqare there is currently a criminal prosecution underway by the state's attornies office.  After reviewing the report the judge asked my attorney to speak with the other party to see if we could come to an agreement.  I have been in contempt of court since Feb by not letting him see the child every other weekend.  My attorney thought it best to go with the supervised visitation every other Saturday for two hours and in the back of our minds we are knowing that the criminal things is underway.  So we entered the supervised visitation, judge made it into a permanent order, closed for statistcal purposes only...  Today I am thinking I am extremely uncomfortable with the supervised visitation...

1) in the criminal investigation do I appear "weak" by giving him every other weekend supervised when for the last three months I allowed him no contact?

2) Could this supervised come back to bite me in the butt?

3) are there any negatives for allowing the supervised visitation and couldn't my lawyer file something asap saying that we have changed our minds?

There was a home evaluation ordered in my case, evaluation was done last month in April.  The child has been abused so I have been withholding the child from her father.  I have had a boyfriend for the past four years, we do not reside together but when the evaluation was done I had him present since he has been such a strong force in her life and ruled out of the abuser.  Anyway, home evaluators are supposed to see how both parents interact with the child.  Because of the abuse previously mentioned the child was not present for the father home evaluation.

1) How does the evaluator make a fair observation is she hasn't seen the child with the father?

2) Is this something my lawyer could/should argue?

Went to court the beginning of last month and since the allegations before the court involved abuse the judge gave me more time to get some documents together, some appointments made etc.  But he made his self very clear that we both needed to retain counsel.  I had already hired an attorney but we knew she didn't need to be present at the case.   Our case is to be heard again on the 31st of this month and I don't think he has a lawyer.

1)  Does he absolutely have to obtain an attorney?

2) Doesn't the attorney have to enter their appearance if one has been retained?

3) What consequences could he face for not hiring an attorney.

Thanks so much.

A home evaulation was ordered in my case on yesterday.  A pendente lite order was also put in effect.  The father stated his address as being in Washington DC but the judge ordered his visitation to take place in Maryland at his mothers house where he doesn't even live at. The order states "ORDERED that Plaintiff's overnight visitation shall take place at the Plaintiff's mother's home and the minor child shall sleep alone" the mother wasn't even present because she opposed him having visitation...
 Sexual abuse is apart of this case and I have a whole lot of evidence that points to him, he didn't even deny the allegations yesterday in court!  With that said I have been keeping the child from him since early last month and he frankly hasn't cared much.  The judge ordered me give her to her father every other weekend, saturday at 10 until sunday at 6.  I am still refusing (though I didn't say that in court)

1) Do I run the risk of pissing the judge off and loosing just based on my non compliance (the father isn't holding me in contempt though)?

2) How can the judge order him to have visits at his mothers house versus where he really lives?

3) Is there paperwork that i/my lawyer can file to try to change this?

4) A home eval. was ordered, are they going to his mother's house and where he really is living at?

5) I just moved into a duplex apartment, haven't purchased living room furniture but everything else is furnished, can this negatively impact me in the courts eyes because I don't have living room furniture?

NCP had every other weekend vistation, since Christmas I have withheld the child because of things that were going on at his home, last week I bluntly told him what he was doing wrong and how his actions were affecting out daughter.  He 100% agreed, I told him I will not support him having overnight visitation with her and I am going to court to file the paperwork to say so.  He said court wasn't needed he wouldn't be able to take off to come up there he would abide by what I recommend.  So I typed up my modification that says no overnight visitation with dad, visits start every other Saturday at 11:30 am (after dance class) and ends at 8:00pm and every other Sunday from 9:00 am ending at 8:00 pm, I typed up his answer that states he agrees to the change in visitation, I filed my modification and his answer together hopeing we won't have to go back to court

1) Since I filed my modification and his answer (agreeing to what I recommend) will we have to go back to court or will it just be entered as a part of our order?

Okay I was taking my daughter to a speciliast because I was concerned inappropriate things were happening when she was with her dad for their every other weekend visits.  The specialist did not conclude anything sexual misconduct had occured with my daughter but concluded that inappropriate things were happening in the daughters presence.  Like my daughter talked about the different women her and her dad slept with, about the woman being naked and about her not being allowed to tell the woman about each other.  Now I want to stop his every other weekend vistation because it is clear that he doesn't have a reasonable place for her to sleep that doesn't involve women in the bed.  He testified under oath that he lives with his mom which is a falt out lie, in lives in a one bedroom with his father, sister, uncle and whatever woman he picks for the night.

1) Is this a change in circumstance to take away the every other weekend visitation?

2) Not sure what I should put on the modification paper, that I request supervised visits until he has an adequate place for the child or no overnight visitation?

3) His character with the courts is already tarnished because he admitted to ________ to the tape of her being born, will this help me in any way?

where I can find state laws pertaining to the family division.  Like I want to look up their statue about the custodial parent relocating, and just other topics as well.


Is there a website to look up state laws pertaining to the family division?

You helped me before with this...

Suspect my daughter is being physically or emotinally abused when in ncp care so I made an appointment iwth a bahavioral specialist (tomorrow) and have withheld the child from the ncp this past weekend.  NCP is allowed to pick the child up Monday's from school and spend time with her until 7:30, since I withheld her pending her appointment and hopefully emeregency hearing he threatened to take her out of school and that I won't get her back, so of course I didn't send her to school.  I don't want to continue not sending her to school even though on her school records he can only pick her up on Mondays, I don't want the school to have to worry about his drama and my daughter witness him acting a fool.  

1) can not sending her to school bite me in the butt? (even though I believe it's in her best interest)
2) can his threat of taking her from school be grounds for him "never" to be able to pick her up from school again (as it used to be)?
3) if the behavioral speciliast doesn't given me something concrete that something is going on with my daughter how do I proceed, tell him I'm sorry and he can see her?

My daughter is going to her behavorial specialist on Tuesday and I am hoping to get some documentation that states visiting with her father is detrimental and stressful for the child.  When the child comes home to me the CP she states all kinds of things that are going on, she has to sleep with her father's particular flavor that night (not her words of course) and that she isn't supposed to tell me things but she wants to tell.....

1) How do I let the specilist know I believe it is the visits with the father that are negatively affecting the child without stating please write a paper saying his visits affect her (not trying to seem revengeful)?

2) Will the doctor give me documentation on the spot? (I am hoping to use it for my emergency hearing)

3) Will I be in the room during questioning or how do behavioral specialist do "their thing"?

I am the cp of a four year old daughter that previously displayed signs of "sexual abuse", went to court and had 50/50 legal and physical custody order changed which granted me sole custody, both physically and legally.  Child hasn't displayed any other problems.  Recently had an extended holiday vacation with dad and came back syaing how she has to sleep with dad and one of his girlfriends and can't tell the other girlfriend when the other one sleeps over.  She has began stuttering, biting her nail, acting nervous, and can't sleep.  I scheduled her an appointment with a behavioral assessment and tried to file and emergency order to stop his visation but was told i would need written proof first.  
Our custody order states he gets visitation every other weekend, this weekend is his weekend...

1) can I withhold our daughter from him because "something" isn't right (hold her until I get the assessment from the behavioral specialist and then go to get an emergency order)?

2) if the behavioral specialist states something is going on or it's unhealthy will the courts give supervised visitation or no visitation?

I am the CP of a four year old female who over the last year displayed questionable behavior such as sudden bed wetting, "touching" herself, night terrors, and moodiness.  Me and the NCP had 50/50 physical custoday at the time, I immeditaely requested full custody because something was going on, he never showed up at court and I won custody with every other weekend to him.

Just recently daughter has begin displaying those same behaviors again after spending an extended amount of time to NCP during the holidays.  She stated she slept in the bed with "robin" and NCP one night and the next night she slept with NCP and "Khea" and that she couldn't tell them about each (in a four year old words of course)

I am pissed!

1) Can I request he have no overnight visitation and maybe even supervised until she has her evaluations with the doctors I am taking her to?

2) I am still within the 30 day time to file an exemption to the order, should I and how do I? (maryland)

3) Any other advise would be helpful...

What should I do"


           My daughter is going to her behavorial specialist on Tuesday and I am hoping to get some documentation that states visiting with her father is detrimental and stressful for the child. When the child comes home to me the CP she states all kinds of things that are going on, she has to sleep with her father's particular flavor that night (not her words of course) and that she isn't supposed to tell me things but she wants to tell.....

1) How do I let the specilist know I believe it is the visits with the father that are negatively affecting the child without stating please write a paper saying his visits affect her (not trying to seem revengeful)?

2) Will the doctor give me documentation on the spot? (I am hoping to use it for my emergency hearing)

3) Will I be in the room during questioning or how do behavioral specialist do "their thing"?

 
 

I am the cp of a four year old daughter that previously displayed signs of "sexual abuse", went to court and had 50/50 legal and physical custody order changed which granted me sole custody, both physically and legally. Child hasn't displayed any other problems. Recently had an extended holiday vacation with dad and came back saying how she has to sleep with dad and one of his girlfriends and can't tell the other girlfriend when the other one sleeps over. In court on December 6, 2005 he stated he had a bed for her, obviously a lie but I told the judge it was a lie when he said it.  She has began stuttering, biting her nail, acting nervous, and can't sleep. I scheduled her an appointment with a behavioral specialist and tried to file and emergency order to stop his visation but was told i would need written proof first.
Our custody order states he gets visitation every other weekend, this weekend is his weekend...

1) should I withhold our daughter from him because "something" isn't right (hold her until I get the assessment from the behavioral specialist and then go to get an emergency order)?

2) if the behavioral specialist states something is going on or it's unhealthy will the courts give supervised visitation or no visitation?

 
PS:  The previous signs she had before were masturbating, night terrors, stuttering, clingeness(spelling), mood swings....

I am pissed because my four year old daughter came home from visiting with her father yesterday to tell me how she slept in the bed with him and his girlfriend and that when his other girlfriend comes over she can't tell her how they slept in the bed with another woman.  Previously my daughter has had issues that I think were related to a tramatic experience, once her court ordered every other week with her father stopped her "odd" behavior stopped.  Now I am wondering if the behaviors she was displaying were what she was seeing her father do to some woman.  On December 6, 2005 the NCP took me to court asking for more time because he didn't want to pay CS, off couse he was denied.  Since the 30 days to file an exception hasn't passed I want to file an exception saying that overnight visitation is not working and is negatively affecting the child.  What should I put in the exception and is it just a letter to the courts or a standard form?