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My 14 year old sons father has had nothing to do with him all his life. Upon his birth I was living in Ohio. Child support and Dna was established in Ohio. We were never married. When my son was 3 I moved to PA. Yesterday I received a motion for " allocation of parental rights and responsibilities." A family member of mine who is friends with his lawyer found that he is looking for visitation and wants it in writing. I am also asking for a change of venue from OH to PA. What are the chances of change of venue being granted? How does out of state visitation work? Does a court just grant visitation to a parent that has been absent by his choice? My son feels uneasy by the idea of visiting someone he doesn't know.
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Your chances of having it moved to PA are excellent, as the place where the child has lived for the past 6 months is the home jurisdiction of the child.
If the facts are as you present them, I believe the court will grant the father very little time at first--perhaps 3 hours on 2 Saturdays a month, and then schedule a review conference to see how that's been going.
Answered on Mar 18th, 2014 at 3:25 PM