parental rights!

[trac027]

my husband has visitation with his daughter suposto be 2 days a week and the babys mother wont let him see her and it has been 2 years, is he able to withdrawl his parental rights in michigan and/or child support?

[trea]

you know the sad part is, hat he can not sighn over parentil rights unless the mother agrees and there is someone else willing to take his place. im not a lawyer. the onle reason i say that is because we are goin through the same think in ky

[dlee3673]

be sure and write down every day that he is suppose to get his child in a book. it must be documented. back track through the last two years. start calling the sheriffs department and they will document it usually through their CAD system. it is legal documentation. then go after custody or take them to court. the only thing that will help you is documentation.

[elklaw]

If visitation allows the father 2 days a week, he should contact the police to accompany him to the mother's with the court order at the time when he is to see the child, then the mother can refuse the police and face arrest. I think if your husband took that line that he may have more luck going 2 days a week. If the mother still refuses, you have 1-2 police officers as witnesses at a modification of custody hearing where he can request a new custody and visitation order or seek custody of the child himself.

[jamz]

hi i'm very confused on how my child father can file for custody, and he is 14,000 dollars in arrears on top of that he has a warrant out for his arrest, failure to comply with child support order $2000.oo dollars cash bond. he purjured himself by saying on the child custody papers that its not a court order for him to pay child support. he haven't been in my daughters life since she was 6 years old.. on top that he very abusive. now she is 14 years old.. now he wants to fight for custody.. my daughter don't want to go with him. or associate herself with him...i want to know what information i can get have anyone every been in the situation.. she is going to get on the stand and let the judge know she don't know him and she don't want to visit with him... also we is moving to another state..and he trying to prevent me from moving.. please help me with any answer .

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[elklaw]

In theory, as a parent, he can file for custody if he is legally free and able to do so. All that being said, it sounds like you need to file a petition for sole custody as part of a modification action. I suggest that you consult an attorney to do this.

[Sarah Nicole]

hi my name is Sarah I'm 18 and I have a 1 year old son, myself and his father split up when he was 4 months old and my son continued to live with him because i was sleeping on the couch at my mothers house. He does not like my boyfriend now and refused for me to bring my son around him and I disobeyed his request without telling him and he found out about it and has now refused for me to see my son and I think that to be unreasonable and completly unfair to myself but more importantly to my son. what can I do right now while I am waiting to go to court I haven't seen my son for a week and I miss him so much I feel like I can't live with out him in my life please help me!

[dfdmedic498]

trac027,

Listen to elklaw on this one, if he has "reasonable and liberal visitation" or if the order states that he has 2 days a week and the mother refuses to allow this, she is clearly in violation of the court order. Do take officers with him when he attempts to exercise his rights.

Aside from this, have him contact the FOC office where the case is, make sure he documents each and every time and date that he has attempted to exercise his visitation and file a motion with the FOC for denial of visitation on top of the modification.

When a denial of visitation/show cause is filed, the FOC case worker or the Court investigator will call both of you into the office for a hearing. If neither parties can come to an agreement on the visitation, 2 things will happen: the investigator may refer it over to the magistrate or judge and/or the investigator may order "make up" visitation.

If she does not show for the denial of visitation/show cause hearing, she can be found in contempt of court, jailed and or fined. If she continues to violate the court order after the hearing, again, she can be found in contempt and jailed and or fined again. Here in Michigan, the courts are pretty well set on enforcing visitation and enforce it pretty well.

The sad thing with many parents involved with custody issues is that many parents think they are above the law and use their child(ren) as leverage against the non-custodial parent. A very sad thing indeed.