Legal Question in Family Law in Indiana

My daughter is 13 years old. Her father has been back in her life since Oct. 2011, after not being seen or heard from by her or myself for 9 years. He is forcing her to do activities that she is not interested in doing while she is at his house and making her feel like less of a person because she is overweight. She did not want to go to his house last weekend since she had plans with my mom to go to a concert that she bought her tickets for, for christmas. Since he was told that she was not coming and that she was not comfortable coming over there he has been threatening to take me to court saying that I am refusing his time with her. Also, telling her that until she is 18 years old she has no choice in the matter and has to come to his house. So my question is if he does take me to court does he have any grounds to stand on saying that i am refusing his time with her?


Asked on 5/18/15, 7:41 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jay Rigdon Rockhill Pinnick LLP

"Does he have any grounds to stand on saying that i am refusing his time with her?"

Sure he does. You state in your post that you are refusing the parenting time. It is unlikely that one missed weekend will be considered a huge deal by the court, but you need to take steps to reassert your control over your daughter, or seek professional help from a counselor as to how or whether to require her to visit her father.

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Answered on 5/20/15, 8:45 am


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