Legal Question in Family Law in California

Re: can employers prevent visitation?

No an employer cannot prevent visitation. I think that what the Father is really saying is that he does not want to take the time and effort to find child care for the child during the summer and does not really want one half of the summer. Either father wants the additional time to reduce his child support, or he just goes along with what is said in mediation without expressing his real concern. If this has happened three times, I would suggest that you are seeing a pattern that will not change and you should expect the same in the future. Good Luck.

Re: can employers prevent visitation?

His employer has no obligation or duty to give him vacation or other time off work so he can be home when the child is there for a visit. That would not prevent father from exercising his visitation, but it would require him to make some arrangements for the child's care while he is at work. The age of the child and other factors about the child would determine what arrangements for child care were appropriate.

Re: can employers prevent visitation?

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Unless he has available vacation or personal time,

or if your schedule conflicts with the employer's

needs, the employer can prevent him from taking time

off. He either needs to make the visitation schedule

compatible with his work schedule, or find appropriate

child care for the hours he's at work, or start

paying more child support based on the time he really spends

with the child.

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