Legal Question in Family Law in Illinois

child support and visitation our rights

i am the mother of a 3 yr old. her father signed voluntary paternity when she was born. we split up when she was 4 mo. he has only seen her maybe 8 times since then. he has gotten married and enlisted in the military. he is being deployed overseas in two weeks and called me requesting that i sign a paper to get my daughter a passport. he has not even seen her since july and then he only saw her 3 times this summer. before that it had been over a year. she does not know him. i told him that i would not send her to italy. i am afraid that he might try to kidnap her since his wife cannot have kids. what are our rights? he has paid child support for 3 months now. $221/mo. there is not order from the court for custody or visitation. i have just always taken care of her. i've always told him that he could see her whenever as long as she stayed within my sight. he has anger probs and i fear for her. he owes over $3000 in back support. what should i do? he said that the military told him that if i wouldn't sign the paper, we would have to go to court. but how can that be done when he is going overseas? we live in IL.


Asked on 1/24/07, 11:40 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Zedrick Braden III Ainsworth & Associates PC

Re: child support and visitation our rights

Hello. Your child's father has no right to take your daughter out of the country. He does not have custody

and I think you are correct in your concerns. I suggests that you make sure he has a life insurance policy and is on schedule to pay current and past child support. Will be happy to discuss this with you further and in more detail.

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Answered on 1/25/07, 11:59 pm


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