Visitation Rights

Seeing Your Child Post-Divorce

If you are a parent seeking visitation with your child following a divorce, separation, or break-up, you need to have adequate legal support from a family lawyer. At Claery & Green, we understand how much your children mean to you and we work very hard to preserve your rights to visitation. As one of the most highly disputed issues in family law, visitation is not always an issue easily resolved. Many times one parent will withhold visitation with the children from the other because of a personal vendetta or in an effort to hurt the other person. Whatever the situation may be, a family law attorney from our firm will fight hard to make sure you get visitation with your children.

Research has shown that children greatly benefit from having both parents maintain an active presence in their life, and our attorneys have seen firsthand just how hurtful it can be for the child to be denied having this important relationship. Not having a father or mother actively participate in your life can be traumatic for a child and can affect them throughout their adolescence and into adulthood. We urge you to not to lose hope, with the help of a skilled family lawyer, you will have a much better chance at winning visitation with your children.

Los Angeles Visitation Lawyers

There are many different factors that will be considered when the courts determine whether or not a parent will be entitled to visitation with their kids. Individuals with criminal records or instances of violence, sexual abuse, or drug abuse in their pasts will have a much lower chance of winning visitation with their children. Although people in these situations will have a harder time, it is still worth it to speak with a lawyer at our firm about what can be done to make sure you are allowed visitation with your kids.