Legal Question in Family Law in Texas
my son is 14 and doesn't want to go see his dad (divoce decree has me as primary and him only on weekends)...he is forcing him to go over there.
Asked on 8/20/10, 11:22 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
TC Langford
Langford Law Office
Forcing visitation on a teenager can be hard sometimes. Until he is 18 or the order is changed, you have little recourse. Talk to your son. Find out the real reason he doesn't want to go. If it boring, there probably isn't much you can do. If something disturbing is going on, you should take action to modify the decree. You say your current decree is every weekend, which is more than standard. You may be able to modify based solely on the fact that it is excessive, and unreasonably interferes with a teenager's extracurricular and social activities.
Answered on 8/26/10, 6:03 am