Q: Do I send my kids to their dad's if the person that's supposed to be supervising the visits leaves him alone with them
A: Establishing paternity is sometimes necessary to clarify rights and obligations. Paternity suits can be initiated to determine biological fatherhood through a blood test. This allows a biological father to secure visitation rights or enables a mother to obtain child support from an unwilling father. While a paternity suit may be required in some cases, paternity can also be established through a signed acknowledgement of paternity form or through presumption. Presumption occurs when someone is considered the father if they are married to the mother and a child is born during the marriage or within 300 days of a divorce. Another presumption can be established if someone marries the biological mother after the child’s birth and voluntarily claims paternity or represents themselves as the child’s father while living with them during the child’s first two years.
A: If the supervisor is leaving the children alone and there is a supervisor order then you need to file for contempt of court and have a court hear your case on an emergency basis. Supervision is put in place for a reason and you may have to file a Protection From Abuse to get an immediate hearing on this issue as well.
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