Legal Question in Family Law in New Jersey
Child's rights
My daughter is 17, my husband moved out in December. He is now insisting that she spend 1/2 of the time with him. She does not want to and is now seeing a therapist because the stress has been making her physically ill and miss 16 days of school. I need to know what I need to do so she doesn't have to go see him if she doesn't want to. Thank you.
3 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Child's rights
Let me summarize:
you are in the middle of a divorce.
Your soon to be exhusband is insisting and demanding, and this is hurting your daughter.
You may have a job. You may have a house. you may have savings, pension, credit card bills, and other things to deal with. Your spouse may have a job.
you have a child, and child support and college tuition needs to be paid. That is measured in tens of thousand of dollars.
Nothing that an attorney can say over this bulletin board can come close to helping you solve your problems. Careless actions by you will likely cost you thousands of dollars, make your life more difficult, and possibly cause additional harm to the child.
Hire an attorney. Go see an experienced divorce attorney located reasonably near you, and pay the attorney to review your situation carefully with you, and give you some guidance.
If you would like, give me a call; I am in northern New Jersey. I will be happy to discuss this with you; the telephone consultation will be free.
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Re: Child's rights
File a motion with the court. You may want to see an attorney first, but I'm not sure if you really need one given the child's age.
Re: Child's rights
You daughter is nearly an adult and at an age where her wishes should be considered. If there is a matter in court you can file an application to change any order of visition.
Call me if you have further questions.
Gary Moore, Esquire
Hackensack, New Jersey
www.garymooreattorneyatlaw.com