What is the name of your state? Florida
Summary.
I have a friend in Florida that I would like to help obtain visitation. He presently has none. I guess that would make him an NCP like me even though he never gets to see his child. He was not married to the woman that he had a child with and pays child support for the child.
I am having a hard time identifying why there was no court order which allows him to see his child at all, but believe it since he was pro-se and never petitioned for it.
I have never been in his situation because I am a divorced NCP. I don't know how different things are for those seeking visitation who haven't been married, why they are different, or even if they are different.
I have checked his public records for him and see that he has two seperate family law cases. One case is for Paternity, and one is for child support.
Just for the record, he is amongst the many NCP(s) who cannot afford an attorney.
I am capable of helping him along since I filed my own petitions in the past with the same court and even have the same judge, but I still have some questions.
Questions:
1) Shooting in the dark here, I think that he needs to file a Petition to Modify Visitation and Other Relief or just a plain Petition to Modify Visitation. Is that right?
2) Would the case number that he will be using on his motion be the same as his paternity case number, or his child support case number? If not, then how would he go about obtaining a new case number?
3) Do you have any thoughts on a starting point for my friend?
Thank you for your time!
Summary.
I have a friend in Florida that I would like to help obtain visitation. He presently has none. I guess that would make him an NCP like me even though he never gets to see his child. He was not married to the woman that he had a child with and pays child support for the child.
I am having a hard time identifying why there was no court order which allows him to see his child at all, but believe it since he was pro-se and never petitioned for it.
I have never been in his situation because I am a divorced NCP. I don't know how different things are for those seeking visitation who haven't been married, why they are different, or even if they are different.
I have checked his public records for him and see that he has two seperate family law cases. One case is for Paternity, and one is for child support.
Just for the record, he is amongst the many NCP(s) who cannot afford an attorney.
I am capable of helping him along since I filed my own petitions in the past with the same court and even have the same judge, but I still have some questions.
Questions:
1) Shooting in the dark here, I think that he needs to file a Petition to Modify Visitation and Other Relief or just a plain Petition to Modify Visitation. Is that right?
2) Would the case number that he will be using on his motion be the same as his paternity case number, or his child support case number? If not, then how would he go about obtaining a new case number?
3) Do you have any thoughts on a starting point for my friend?
Thank you for your time!