Legal Question in Family Law in Illinois

Re: child support and visitation

From issues with the law, I assume you mean that he has been arrested. His desire for visitation cannot be denied due to his non-payment. However, there are real world, practical, ways to limit or prevent visitation. Feel free to contact my office if you have further questions.

Re: child support and visitation

It's not easy to do. IL law treats child support and visitation as separate, ie. someone's failure to pay support is not a reason to deny visitation by law.

From your post I'd ask what are his "issues with the law"? You need to show that he is what our law says is a "serious endangerment" to the child's mental, moral, physical well-being. This certainly can be done and we do this quite often but it's a high bar. Child molester, violent criminals, that sort of thing get visitation stopped. Visitation in jail is generally not allowed.

Please email or call because I really need to hear more about the father to guide you.