Legal Question in Family Law in North Carolina

i need some important hepl,ok i had a order that was served for childsupport from my daughter father on April 8,2011 for visitation right to see his daughter and now that the order is serve he is not follow along with the order , but when it first start he was getting her on his weekends he suppose to get her,but now its a issue cuse i want meet him half way so he can get her. I told him NO because if you want to see your daughter, you can come get her.So ok august 5,2011 was his weekend and get didnt come get her and i didnt get her two weekends for that.And on august 5th he sent me a text messages telling me he dont have to get my daughter no more all he can do is pay childsupport.so i sent him a message back and said u dont have to get her nomore cause i been taking car of her since day one.Ok so i need to know what i need to do to resolve this matter since he dont want to get her anymore


Asked on 8/11/11, 6:47 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Rachel Hunter

I am not sure what your question is. Child support and child visitation have nothing to do with each other. The father has an obligation to pay child support regardless of how much or little he sees the child. If the father does not want to see the child, then you can't force him to be a good father. If he does not pay support, you can go to child support enforcement for your county and they will help enforce the order.

For the child's sake, you and the father need to work out the logistics of transportation like adults. The child should not be used by you as a means of getting a paycheck. I know its expensive, but you have to work out something. The child's life will be immeasurably better if she can have a relationship with both of her parents. For your child's sake, please put away your animosity and try to work with the father. You don't have to like him, but you had a child with him, so you need to be reasonably civil to each other for the child's sake.

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Answered on 8/11/11, 9:17 pm


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