Will a Judge Overlook a Proven History of Alcohol and Drug Addiction While in Court About a Visitation Disagre?
Question by Christy: Will a judge overlook a proven history of alcohol and drug addiction while in court about a visitation disagre?
Will a judge overlook a proven history of alcohol and drug addiction while in court about a visitation disagreement?
Can a judge overlook a proven history of alcohol and drug addiction while in trial for an out of state visitation disagreement? Ex has a severe alcohol and drug problem, resulting in many hospitalizations. I believe that daughter should beabbe-able to visit with him while accompanied by a responsible party however not while alone. The last time I saw him, there appeared to be some improvement in terms of health, but I have not a received a professional opinion about his condition. There have been episodes of severe psychosis and hallucinations, as a result of drug and alcohol abuse. Deliriumm tremors many detox treatments along the way. Can a judge overlook these facts and continue to allow an unsupervised visitation schedule, without without getting a professionals opinion about his condition? I want my daughter to see her father, but fear her safety while alone with him. Prolonged visitation is a concern, considering the posibility of relapse, and psychotic episodes. My daughter loves her father and I’m beside myself about how to deal with the siuation. I have real concerns and I don’t know what the best solution to the problem is. My daughter’s father believes that he should be entitled unsupervised visitation and feels that I should simply trust that he stays sober while in our daughter’s presence. I can’t tak is word because he has failed to follow through with this promise in the past.
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Answer by Inda Cloud
Get him to hit up some AA/NA meetings and ask there if he can get opinions on why noone will trust him.
Denial.
Stick to your guns, hon.
Answer by jusjokin12
You can ask the judge is random UA be done before and during visits as well as for supervised visit say under court order or even his family members if you trust them. Your best bet is to find any records of his past and present alcohol and drug addictions issues. Has he ever been arrested or picked up for DUI? Anything that has to do with the law is public information. Many places you can pay to have a background check run on him to see whether he is cleaning up his act or still in trouble. The other thing is ask the court for a psych evaluation to see how stable his is at present. Lastly you can request family counseling so that a professional can see the family dynamics and if he is really sincere in caring for his child while she is in his custody.
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