Actually, your question should be, "Can I punish and cause emotional damage to my child, as well as foster onto American Society another fatherless child, because the father is unable to pay child support in an economy where there's six men for every job?"
Of the two, being fatherless is far more damaging to the child. Over 90% of crime, especially violent crime, is committed by them. see link below
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No, and of the two, being denied a father is far most costly to the child and society in general as 85% of crime is committed by those who grew of fatherless.
Being denied visitation or not, a father can petition for sole custody. The two situations are not related.
The mother can if she's not collecting Welfare. In states like Missouri, if being denied visitation, the father can file to have child support put on hold. It also can be stopped after 30 days of extended visitation.
Your child does have the right not to be punished by you for something the father is not doing.
Yes. Visitation cannot be denied because of lack of payment of child support. The child support still needs to be paid because there could be jail time involved if there is too much owed and late. BUT, you cannot use visitation priveledges as retribution because (its the law, and) the visitation is for the children, not yourself. The child support is there to assist in the expences of raising children.
It depends on the state. I know it Tx once paternity is established that the father has the right to request visitation through the courts. The judge will take into account that they have never met. Mostly likely, If the father does not present a threat to the child he will be granted some sort of visitation. If visitation is denied by the mother she could face criminal charges. By filing child support you are establishing paternity and giving the child's father all the rights as an unwed father.
So this child should be punished for the father being late?
Child support and visitation are two separate issues. The father has the right to request a visitation schedule with his child. Visitation is not dependent on paying child support.
Not automatically, but the father certainly has a right to move for visitation and, ordinarily, it should be granted.
yes, without a court order stating that he is the bio father and is entitled to visitation he can be denide. whether he is in rehab or not. If he is no threat why would you do that ? Just out of spite?
How does he have any visitation rights with a custody and child support order?