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    Default Teenager Does Not Want to Go to Visitation

    My question involves a child custody case from the State of: Ohio
    My 16 (almost 17) year old no longer want to visit with father. He had another child 3 years ago and for the last year my daughter has cried every time visitation comes around because she does not want to go. She states she feels like a slave and a babysitter. The whole time she is there she cleans and watches the baby. Her father sits around drinking beer and watching television in the basement and his girlfriend takes a break. I have pleaded with her to talk to them and have told her she has to go. They will not discuss the situation with me. Can she refuse to go over because of this?

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    Default Re: Teenager Does Not Want to Go to Visitation

    Nope.

    YOU are obliged to send her according to the court order.

    If you don't, you can be held in contempt. If it happens often enough, you could end up being the visiting parent with Dad having custody.

    Frankly if a 17 year old is crying every time she has to visit Dad, that suggests an emotional issue that may need to be addressed in therapy.

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    Default Re: Teenager Does Not Want to Go to Visitation

    It is not uncommon for an older sibling to feel as if they are being left out when a parent moves on to start a new family. I have seen it time and time again, and it is natural.

    Understand that she may be exaggerating the statements implying servitude, but in her mind she may feel that. Part of it is jealousy due to the attention the new baby gets, but part might also the father's attitude. Bottom line, who knows?

    Until a court says otherwise, you are legally obligated to comply with the court order. Perhaps your daughter should see a therapist who might get to the bottom of the feelings she has on the matter. It may be normal angst, or, it may be an issue that needs to be brought up in the visitation orders. But, the fist step might be therapy.

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