Legal Question in Family Law in Connecticut
In-Home Visitation
I have sole legal and joint physical with residency of my two sons. My ex-husband has visitation one night a week and every other weekend. My question is this: He does his visitation at my home, he spends the entire weekend (sleeping over) and also comes to ''play'' at my home on his weeknight. We agreed to this outside of court. I am no longer comfortable with the arangements that we have made. He is threatening to take me back to court and hold me in contempt of his visitation because he will not come see the children on his days if he can not see them at my house. He resides in military quarters that he can not bring the children to. Does that require me to open my home to him? I don't want to be in contempt of court, but I also don't know what legal grounds I stand on if he stops coming to see his children. Is he in contempt at that point? Thanks in advance...
--name removed--Kehrer
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: In-Home Visitation
You do not have to let him visit in your home (in fact, that's a terrible idea). You will not be in contempt if you refuse. On the other hand, he won't be in contempt if he refuses to exercise his visitation. (He'll be a bad dad, but not in contempt). Don't forget, just because he doesn't visit doesn't mean he doesn't have to continue to pay child support.
Re: In-Home Visitation
If there is no court order that says you must allow him to visit in your home then you need not allow him to do it anymore, despite your verbal agreement. If the court order merely outlines when he has visitation then you can refuse to let him in your house. He will have to pick them up like all other visiting parents do. So long as you allow him the visitation you will not be in contempt.
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