Who will be the person deciding how much child visitation is fair and reasonable?
In general, the parent with primary custodial rights over a child will get to decide what kind of visitation for the other parent is fair and reasonable. In many situations, this works out well for both parents and they can often come to an amicable arrangement regarding visitation hours and days. However, what is often in the news and on TV is a result of breakdown in communication between the parents. This usually happens when the parent with full custody of a child decides to be vindictive and uses the child as a weapon. To this end, the parent with custody will set the other parent’s visiting rights at a bare minimum, often only for a few hours each week during the most inconvenient times. Some courts are allowing parents to make custody and visitation plans that the judge will sign into law. Parenting agreements, as they are called, are agreed upon visitation schedules and times where the child will be. These agreements can also include plans that deal with how decisions about the
