What visitation rights does a non-custodial parent have?
A non-custodial parent has a right to reasonable visitation with the children. The children’s ages are considered in determining reasonableness, as well as the visitation circumstances. Visitation may be restricted only upon a showing that it would endanger seriously the child’s physical, mental, moral or emotional health. Even in cases of serious abuse, visitation is likely to be permitted, although supervision or other restrictions may be ordered. Visitation may be modified from time to time by the court, as the child’s needs require. Visitation abuse occurs when a party has willfully and without justification denied another party court-ordered visitation, or exercised his or her visitation rights in a manner that is harmful to the child or child’s custodian. Court-ordered visitation may be enforced on an expedited basis in cases of visitation abuse.
