If the child is in foster care, then the parents should be represented by lawyers and their lawyers can advise them as to their rights.

When a child is in foster care and a visitation schedule is ordered by the court, sometimes visitation is coordinated with the child's extracurricular events. That is, it is possible for the convenience of all parties involved to have a visit occur before or after a child's sporting event or similar activity rather than arranging a visit at another time and place. The issue may be that if the parent is present at the sports events, the case worker wants to simplify the issue of visitation by having the sport events treated as visits under the court's visitation order.