Richmond, VA asked in Child Custody for Virginia

Q: I pay child support for my daughter that’s 5 but I have not seen her in 5 years. What can I do?

Her mother kept her from me and I still try to pay my child support. She moved out of state and I don’t know what to do. I want to see my daughter and get to know her. I’ve called her mother phone but after she figure out it’s me calling she hang up and don’t answer again. She’s married now with another child, and her husband is playing father to my baby. Without my consent to take her. I don’t have visitation set up. I have spoke to agencies but no one will give me the necessary information to get visitation rights to my daughter. Also my name is on her birth certificate and my daughter no longer live in the state.

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1 Lawyer Answer
Michael Christopher Miller
Michael Christopher Miller
Answered
  • Divorce Lawyer
  • Vienna, VA
  • Licensed in Virginia

A: Child support is an entirely separate matter from custody/visitation. Neither is dependent on the other.

File a petition for custody/visitation in the local court where your daughter resides.

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