Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia

My brother is mentally handicaped and my father has placed him in a mental instituiton, but will not allow me to see him. Do i have any legal rights that would help in me being able to see him?


Asked on 11/07/11, 6:49 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Beard Attorney at Law

If your brother is under eighteen, you and he may have a legal right to visitation independent of your father. You would need to pursue a visitation petition in the juvenile court where he is resident. If he is 18 or older, the situation is more complicated, and the answer would be very fact-specific. Good luck.

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Answered on 11/07/11, 6:52 am


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