Q: Can my 13 year old son refuse weekend visits to his fathers house if he has testified about abuse from his dad?
My son testified that his dad recently held his head under faucet of water as a disciplinary method.
A: When you say testified, do you mean in court under oath? If that is the case, then I would question why the father still has unsupervised visitation? If you came to me with that claim, I would probably start by calling his attorney and try to get an agreement to adjust the visitation temporarily to allow for a cooling off. If that didn't work then I would suggest an Petition for Emergency Custody and to limit visitation to supervised only, and suggest they may counseling before unsupervised visitation could resume. Also, your son is old enough to communicate his wishes to the judge. I hope that helps.
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