Q: What do I need to do to answer a motion filed against me to modify my visitation
I signed a paper giving the mother legal and physical custody I was to have supervised visitation by my aunt's her or her mother she would never let my aunt's do the visitation so I filed a contempt of court against her a month ago and got it to where she had to allow my aunt's to do the visitation it's not in the child's best interest to be around her and I together we have past conflicts that arise anyway out of retaliation she filing order to get my aunt's terminated off of the visitation slip and make it to where just her and her mother can do visitation that's not in my child's best interest and since we're going back to court anyway I'm ready to get my full parental rights established I want joint legal custody and regular visitation with my children how do I answer her motion to modify legally what all would I need to do just to add when I say sign the paper I mean sign the paper at her attorney's office who had it put into court order that paper I signed became a court order
A: To modify the prior court order you need to be able to show that there has been a substantial change in circumstances that warrants changing custody. You will need a lawyer to help you do that.
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