Orange County Visitation Attorney

Lawyer in Orange County Protecting Visitation Rights

When a couple are divorced or separated and the Courts award one of the partners exclusive rights to child custody, the non-custodial parent maintains the right to visit and see their child - unless there are extraordinary circumstances which have been presented to the Court.  Even if the Court's custody decree would fail to mention visitation rights in it's document, the law implies the right of any parent to see and visit their own children.  Therefore, the denial of the right to visitation must be an expressed decree by the Courts because visitation is considered a basic right of parenthood.  However, even so - the Courts do have the right to impose restrictions on non-custodial parents.  

That is why it is so important, if you are considering either petitioning the Court to restrict your spouse's visitation rights or you feel your visitation rights are being wrongly restricted to work with an experienced visitation rights lawyer. It is in your best interest to find an Orange County visitation attorney who knows the law and is willing to fight aggressively for your position.  Marc E. Mitzner has been an attorney in the area of divorce and family law for almost 15 years in Orange County.  He is ready to help stand strongly in representing your interests.

Grounds for Restricting Visitation Rights

Some of the examples in which the Courts may consider restricting visitation rights for a parent to their child may be some of the following:

• The parent had physically abused the child
• The parent had emotionally abused the child
• The parent had sexually abused the child
• The parent suffers from mental illness

It is also important to note, that the non-custodial parent, who may be incarcerated or have a prison record, may not automatically have their visitation rights denied. And, if a parent refuses to obey the Court's visitation or custody decree, the parent will be held in contempt of court- with ensuing penalties prevailing.