Legal Question in Family Law in Florida
i live in Florida and my son lives with his mother in Indiana. we are legally divorced and the divorce papers say "reasonable visitation as set forth by Indiana state supreme court guidelines. i dont get any holiday's with my son. every summer is a fight over him coming to visit. she is not reasonable by any means. im treated like im not his parent and dont have any rights. i pay child support with very few missed or late payments. i get my son for whatever dates she allows in the summer and every yr its a fight to get every minute i can with my son. i can not afford an attorney or travel fees to travel to indiana and hire an attorney to file contempt on her. what recourse do i have? will the state step in and enforce visitation on her like the enforce child support payments from me? what rights do i have?
1 Answer from Attorneys
You have plenty of rights. You seem more concerned with spending money for visitation. I suggest you go online to the INdiana Courts and see if they publish the forms for Family Court like Florida does and look for the contempt form online. Complete it and send it according to the instructions with a notice of hearing and the form for telephone conference. In other words you will need 1. motion for contempt 2. contempt petititon 3. set hearing date with the Judicial Assistant or clerk for the judge there 4. serve her the papers 5. complete the form for telephone conference since you can not attend due to costs. When the hearing is scheduled, the judge will put on the speaker and you will be considered there and air your issues. I think you can figure out the rest.
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