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My meth addict wants visitation rights and pays no child
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Bradens
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My meth addict wants visitation rights and pays no child support, I need advice
My addict, I think is
asking to see his son by himself. He is still on meth and now
has this girlfriend which is probably on meth too. My son is
only 7 months old. I have not kept my son from him but I have
always been there and do not plan on letting him take him alone.
My question is, how can I prove he needs supervised visits? He
pays no child support and was sentenced for manufacturing meth, but
has gotten off on probation a month ago. I am going to ask him
about giving up paternal rights but I am sure he will not do
that. It scares me to death he would want to take my son
alone... |
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imlost
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Re: My meth addict wants visitation rights and pays no child support, I need advice
Do you have any
court orders regarding parental visitation?
He may when faced with child support be willing to give up his
rights.
No, I would not under any circumstances allow my infant child to
go with anyone on meth.
Never. |
never
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Re: My meth addict wants visitation rights and pays no child support, I need advice
Are you married? Do you
have any court orders in place? If you are married w/no orders
get to the court house asap. |
Bradens
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Re: My meth addict wants visitation rights and pays no child support, I need advice
No court order with
visitation. I know they told me he has a right even if he
doesn't pay child support. So it has been filed and he will have
back payment. So I doubt he will give up rights. He uses Braden
when he wants to use something against me. He never asks about
him or wants to see him unless he wants something from me.
No we are not married |
imlost
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Re: My meth addict wants visitation rights and pays no child support, I need advice
Is he on the birth certificate?
If paternity has not been legally established, since you were
not married, he may or may not have visitation rights.
If there hasn't been any legal papers regarding visitation, then
I agree, get a lawyer and file for supervised visitation.
If you are filing for child support in order to get government
help, there is a place on the child support papers you can check
if you feel endangered from the father.
If I remember correctly, the way that works is you have a
hearing to determine danger- and if judged to be a risk, then it
goes around him. As in you get the help you need without his
involvement.
You definitely need some paper that is court ordered here.
Otherwise, you may not have a choice. |
never
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Re: My meth addict wants visitation rights and pays no child support, I need advice
I take it he doesn't live w/you?
Is he on the birth certificate?
Check your laws, but I believe it's as simple as telling him
"no". I would however , get to your courthouse and file
paperwork for both custody and support. They are two separate
issues, but both need to be addressed.
He can't cuss spit freak-out all he wants; I presume if you were
to say you'd call the police he's STFU?
good luck, and so sorry! keep your baby safe! |
Bradens
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Re: My meth addict wants visitation rights and pays no child support, I need advice
yes he is on the birth
certificate but no legal test has been done. If so he will most
100% be the father. I am filing for child support but not
because of government help or healthcare cards. My income is to
high for WIC, etc. I don't know if I can prove danger in him. I
have pictures of where he has left bruises on me before but I
don't have a police report or anything.
I'm in KY. I have filed child
support but not visitation. I guess I file it through the county
attorney too? I thought if I didn't file child support he
wouldn't have a right to see him but they informed me that was
not the case. |
never
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Re: My meth addict wants visitation rights and pays no child support, I need advice
I found this on an Illinois web
site; all states have variances, but I'm thinking this line of
thought is par for the boyfriend/girlfriend/child scenario...
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My ex-boyfriend wants to see my child. Do I have to let him?
Unless your ex-boyfriend gets a paternity and visitation
order, he does not have the right to force you to let him see
the child. If you do not think he is a danger to the child,
you might want him to visit, since most children benefit from
contact with both parents. Also, seeing his child might
encourage him to pay support.
If there is a court order setting out visitation, there are
legal actions, including contempt of court and even possible
criminal charges, which can be taken against a parent who denies
the other visitation. If you start to believe that the man is a
danger to the child, you need to go back to court as soon as
possible to ask to have the order changed. Whether to allow
visitation while you wait to get back into court is a difficult
decision you should discuss with a lawyer. |
imlost
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Re: My meth addict wants visitation rights and pays no child support, I need advice
Well I know Kentucky law.
His being on the birth certificate guarantees him the same
rights as you unless otherwise established in court of law.
He has just as much rights to that baby as you do.
As in if you have your infant in daycare, he can come pick him
up and leave and it isn't even kidnapping.
He can keep him for days on end- and there is nothing you can
do.
Child support and custody are 2 separate issues.
Here , once on the birth certificate, paternity is established.
Get in court now and get it in writing.
You don't have a leg to stand on otherwise.
Honest. |
Time4
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Re: My meth addict wants visitation rights and pays no child support, I need advice
was in jail for manufacturing
meth
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So he has a record... I would think you have some leg to stand
on in court.
From all that you've posted over the last few months. I can't
imagine that he'll have the money or ambition to hire a lawyer
and fight. Court makes tweekers uncomfortable ya know.
I'm thinking I wouldn't chance anything with my kid. I'd get the
court orders necessary to protect him pronto. |
imlost
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Re: My meth addict wants visitation rights and pays no child support, I need advice
You will have to have court
orders.
I live in Kentucky, I do know this one.
Not a guess here, it is a fact. |
| blondie |
Re: My meth addict wants visitation rights and pays no child support, I need advice
I would not care what I had to
have legally or otherwise...there is no way on this planet that
I would allow my baby to be with someone doing meth... |
mary
mary1 |
Re: My meth addict wants visitation rights and pays no child support, I need advice
Do a memo - letter to an
attorney, when or if you get one. Write from your heart why you
don't feel your child should be around his father. This could be
submitted to the court for a Judge to review. My child's
father's rights were taken away (not in KY) by the Judge. There
were papers drawn up for him to agree on, and the Judge had the
final say and he ruled to remove his rights based on the fact
that he didn't pay any support and that he was abusive to me.
Even though there was visiting orders in place, I went against
them and would not let my child go because there was pot smoking
and alcohol going on at the new bachelor pad that the child's
father lived in. I tried letting him off the hook trading for
all back support to be wiped off in place of a signed removal of
rights, but he wouldn't do that. When the hearing was over, he
disappeared out of thin air. He owed the state a lot of money,
as I was getting aid at the time. |
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