Q: My daughters father does not bring her for her visits. How do i go about getting my daughter back?
There were a lot of false allegations made against me from her dad. DCFS found the case unfounded. I have unsupervised visits at the moment but my daughters father doesn't bring her when he is suppose to. He feels like he does not have to follow the court order. He doesn't answer the phone when i call to check on her so i text him and sometimes he does not reply or tells me she is with someone else. She misses school for unnecessary reasons. I cant make plans to do things with my kids because he brings her when he wants to. I just want to get my daughter back. I went to court but did not have a lawyer and feel like what i had to say didnt matter because i was representing myself. Its hard listening to my daughter cry about wanting to be home with her mother and sister. What should i do.
A: One thing you can do is to ask the Judge to appoint a Guardian Ad Litem for the child. This person is able to interview everyone and try to get to the bottom of any problems that stand in the way of you having visitation.
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