Asked in Family Law and Child Custody for Kentucky

Q: If the courts granted my son's aunt and uncle de facto custodian, what steps do I take to establish visitation?

While I was incarcerated my son's aunt and uncle on his father's side serve me with papers and gained custody by the facto custodian. Since being released I completed treatment, completed parenting classes, maintained employment but they still will not allow me visitation. It's been over a year since I've seen him what can I do to establish visitation rights

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Timothy Denison
Timothy Denison
Answered
  • Divorce Lawyer
  • Louisville, KY
  • Licensed in Kentucky

A: You will have to file a motion in the court that grates de facto custodianship.

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