Legal Question in Family Law in South Carolina

my child is scared to go back to her real fathers house and when we ask her why she says he hurts her and told us that his wife asked her if she wants to live with them and that they are not always going to bring her back to me I have called dss and made a police report what eles can I do?


Asked on 8/20/12, 2:14 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Barbara Strowd Barbara A. Strowd, Attorney at Law

This is a case that really needs an attorney. Please meet with a local attorney to discuss your options. I will give you some basics but meeting with an attorney will give you more specifics for your case. Father and his wife should not be scaring child and threatening not to return her to mother. If you do not know what is scaring your daughter I would suggest getting her into counseling with someone experienced with children. The counselor may help get to the bottom of the issues. You cannot change to visitation/custody schedule without help from the court. Once you learn what the problem is you can file an action to change the visitation schedule with the same court that gave you the schedule you now have. Until you know what she is afraid of there is not much you can do. Get child into counseling then ask court to change schedule or if necessary ask for supervised visitation for father.

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Answered on 8/27/12, 6:59 am


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