Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia

This is a sort of long story I will try to sum it up as short as possible. I seperated from 2 of my childrens mother over 4 years ago.I have lost visitation of them due to the mother bringing an outdated note from a doctor stating due to the youngest having a liver transplant neither of the children should have to stay w/ me b/cause they could get sick. We had a guardien adlitum which I told the mother had both the children in several situations like daycare that completely went against this document. She did not do her job & look into this & I had no way of proving it so the judge canceled my visitation. I have been completely stumped on what do do about this & have not seen them for over 2 years now. Also, prior to this the mother had child support done & I was appointed to pay an amount that was way over the amount that I was even bringing home at that time. They didn't count other child support I was paying out & they didn't go by my income. I am paying her $597.00 a month & also paying $375.00 to my other childrens mother. At the time this was appointed I was only making $7.00 an hour. My current fiance & I just had a baby also. What I am needing to know is what can I do about the visitation & also what I do to get the child support reduced to the amount it is supposed to be. I am currently paying out over $1000.00 in support & w/ my current job I have now I have moved up in pay from only bringing home $100.00 every 2 weeks to bringing home $400.00 every 2 weeks. I am not a dead beat dad, I don't mind paying my support, but I need to be able to pay for the basic necessities which I can't do right now. I am lucky to even be able to pay the rent. Please tell me there is something that can be done. There is more to all of this so I may have more questions later. Thank you.


Asked on 10/30/09, 5:37 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Child support and visitation are separate issues, legally speaking, and one is not dependent upon the other. Nevertheless, it would seem advisable for you to seek a consultation with an attorney who handles domestic relations law matters and who should be able to advise you on both of these issues once s/he has had an opportunity to review the relevant facts and pertinent documents associated with them.

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Answered on 11/04/09, 6:04 pm


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