Q: My sons bio dad wants to take me to court for visitation, what are the chances he will get grated it?
My son is about to turn 11 and they have never met. I tried when my son was younger and bio dad never wanted to he does pay child support and we are a 2 state case. I haven't had any contact with him in 7 years untill today when he messaged me says he's taking me to court. I'm scared they will take my son and just let him have him even though they are strangers, my husband is trying to adopt but the bio dad won't let it happen without a fight. Help
A: Contrary to some opinion, judges are not mindless or impractical. Most every family court judge has seen this sort of scenario before. The dad will get some parenting time if he asks for it, and so long as he is appropriate with it. No, the court will not just send your son off on a plane or in a car to a different state for weeks at a time. Coming from no time, it's likely that parenting time will be very controlled and limited at the beginning.
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