Q: my children's father recently moved and will not give me his new address.
visitation is court granted every Wednesday and every other weekend. I have been meeting him in a separate location
due apparently to distance, but repeated requests for his new address is ignored. I need to know where my children are going and
can I withhold visitation until he complys
A: A parent can withhold visitation where they feel that a child is endangered or in other emergency situations. However, you should be cautious about doing so, as courts look at such behavior with great scrutiny. Your children's father does have an obligation to provide you with the information you are seeking, so continue to make every reasonable effort to obtain that information, and make the requests in writing wherever possible.
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