Q: Am I allowed to have my son miss a supervised visit with dad for family vacations?
I currently have joint legal custody with my baby's father, and sole physical custody of my son. I am going on vacation to see my family which we do once a year so that we can all be together. My son's supervised visits are always supervised on public by someone that both parents chose, out in public every Sunday. My court order with him states that if I am traveling with the child that I have to provide the father with various forms of information on our whereabouts etc. what I have done. My baby's father is extremely difficult to communicate effectively with because he loves starting fights, threating with being served contempt paper when he does not get his way and intimidating me whenever he feels like it. I do not want any problems so my question is, can i still take my baby on the trip or am I bound by this court order to make sure that I am at the supervised visit on Sunday. I will also note that, He hasn't, paid child support like our court order states or drug te.sts
A:
You will need to follow the terms of the court order.
As an alternative, you may propose another day as a makeup, or agree to make the visit on the trip virtual and a makeup visitation. Any agreement should be in writing.
Otherwise, your visitation schedule may need to be revised.
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