Legal Question in Family Law in Illinois

Re: visitation rights

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First question: Have you been adjudicated to be the father of the child? If not, a person would need to establish paternity first, and then once that person is deemed to be the father with the court they can file a petition for visitation. Its a two step process really, unless paternity has already been acknowledged.

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