Legal Question in Family Law in Connecticut

Re: Enforcing parental rights

Generally speaking, if he has joint custody, he has the right to be apprised of the medical condition/progress and probably (I'd have to see the order to be sure)to participate in the medical decisions. The law may prevent either parent from obtaining psychological info without the child's consent. (Yes, she's a child, but if society has decided she can get an abortion without notice to a parent, why would you think you could access her psych records? What's that you say? Isn't it true that if she does something wrong, you might be held liable? Yes, that's quite true; you could be held liable for her mess, but you can't find things out about her that might enable you to prevent the mess in the first place. Seem a little topsy-turvy? Think about that next time you vote.) You can seek to hold the mother in contempt for blocking your access to the medical information, and you could probably force the medical people (except the psych)to give you access to her records. As to any relationship with the child herself, at her age (17), the court is going to let her decide for herself what she wants that relationship to be.