Legal Question in Family Law in Florida
Please note: I have been told that there isn't anything I can do about this situation. If an attorney shows me otherwise, I am prepared to use unlimited resources to see this to fruition.
I married my ex-wife in 1994 when she was a couple of months pregnant (I am not the father). She had a daughter, I had her last name changed to mine and I raised her as my own child. During our 7 year marriage we also had another daughter together. When we divorced in 2001, I received visitation rights with my biological daughter. Because my ex-wife and I were amicable, she also let me have identical visitation with my non-biological daughter but not in writing. For the next 8 years I had frequent and consistent visitation with both girls. In 2009, when my ex-wife and I had a falling out, she terminated visitation with my non-biological daughter after a life-long 14 year "father-daughter" relationship together. I haven't seen her for two years now, however, I see my other daughter frequently. Do I have any rights whatsoever under these circumstances? Not only am I not allowed to have visitation anymore, my ex-wife said that she'd prefer that I don't have any type of contact with her at all. If she finds out that I am emailing her or passing along messages through my other daughter...she will press charges. Can she? Please help ! Thank you so much for any light you may shed on this for me.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Asked and answered. You are the legal father. You have every right to see her.