Legal Question in Family Law in Nevada
I live in Las Vegas,Nv and have shared custody of my child but I am not primary.
Her father wants to control who I let her see,where she goes and who picks her up from school or babysits her.
There is nothing in my divorce papers that gives him those rights.He especially does not want her going to her grandparents house or sleeping over unless his step kids go too.They are nice to the kids but do not want them sleeping over or all the time.They are not related to his step kids.
How can I end the arguemets from him,it is not good for my child.Does he have the right to do this in Nevada ?He says it is the law.
1 Answer from Attorneys
No -- he is mistaken. There is nothing in Nevada law on this subject, and certainly no requirement of forced visitations by grandparents with step-kids.
Recently, the Nevada Supreme Court for the first time gave some definitions to legal custody, and physical custody, specifying that parents get to choose who their children see and are taken care of during their custodial periods, and how parents with joint legal custody have exactly equal say as to such things as school choice, medical care, etc., so if they disagree, a court could make the specific call, or designate one parent or the other as the party to make such choices in the future. The case, called Rivero, is posted on the Child Custody page of our firm web site, at http://www.willicklawgroup.com/child_custody_visitation. I'd encourage you to look over that case, and the large amount of other information posted on that page, which may answer your questions.
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