If a Non-Custodial Parent Has Never Met a Child, What Are Their Visitation Rights
My question involves a child custody case from the State of: Texas
My son is currently 3 years old and has never met his biological father. I was recently required by the state of Texas to open a child support case regarding my son so that he can maintain his medical benefits. The non-custodial parent is stationed in California with the Army. What visitation rights will the non-custodial parent receive, if any, once child support is established? What type of custody rights will he have since my son is already 3? Thank you.
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Google Texas standard visitation plan.
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He'll start off with short, frequent visits and progress all the way to overnights, weekends and entire weeks.
Child support doesn't mean he gets visitation though - he has to file for visitation separately.
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How will all of that work if he lives in California and I live in Texas? Will he have to take me to court here in Texas?
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He'll start off with short, frequent visits and progress all the way to overnights, weekends and entire weeks.
Child support doesn't mean he gets visitation though - he has to file for visitation separately.
In Texas though, the AG will order the standard plan. So that is not quite true, Dogmatique.
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How will all of that work if he lives in California and I live in Texas? Will he have to take me to court here in Texas?
Yes.
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So, as long as he is unable to come here and take me to court, he won't have any visitation rights?
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So, as long as he is unable to come here and take me to court, he won't have any visitation rights?
Of course, there's nothing wrong with you taking the child to visit with his father.
Is there?
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My son has had my fiance in his life for the past two years. He sees him as his dad. The biological father has had nothing to do with him for the past three years. I never would have opened this case if not forced to. My son doesn't need his biological father deciding to have a conscience and confuse him. If may not even be an issue. This case has been open for six months and he has shown no interest, it may stay that way.
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Your son didn't need his mother to insist that someone else is his father.
For all his faults, your ex is the child's Dad. Not your fiance. If he's confused when Dad comes into the scene, that's hardly Dad's fault.
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My son has had my fiance in his life for the past two years. He sees him as his dad. The biological father has had nothing to do with him for the past three years. I never would have opened this case if not forced to. My son doesn't need his biological father deciding to have a conscience and confuse him. If may not even be an issue. This case has been open for six months and he has shown no interest, it may stay that way.
So you are lying to your child. Your fiancé is NOT dad. Your fiancé is the man you are currently shtupping. Nothing more. Congrats.