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Old 07-02-2011, 03:00 PM
MissAndy MissAndy is offline
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My divorce was finalized in Indiana a few years ago. The dad was awarded visitation. I live in a different state. The dad has children with other women too and just recently one of the other mothers went after him for child support. As part of the hearing he was awarded supervised visitation with that other child. Since a different county found that the father should only have supervised visitation with another child I am wondering if that would be grounds for getting his visitation with my children modified to supervised.

Also, neither I nor him live in the same county where the divorce was finalized. I live in a a different state and have since before the divorce. If I were to take him back to court for any kind of modification, can I do so where I live or would we have to go back to the county where the divorce was done?
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Old 07-02-2011, 07:33 PM
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Unless you've got whatever EVIDENCE was presented to the other court that influenced their decision to make visitation supervised to present to the court with jurisdiction over YOUR child, it's a moot point. Supervised visitation can be ordered for LOTS of things, including things that don't directly impact the child, or, in cases where something might be suspected and is under investigation but hasn't yet been proven. In other words, just because one court ordered something in regard to one child, doesn't mean another court will willy nilly award the same thing. If you've got enough details to convince the court regarding a child that wasn't party to the other ruling, you can attempt to bring that motion to the court - but you need more than "but the other court did it".
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Old 07-06-2011, 06:15 PM
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I agree with aardvarc. Have you browsed through the information in LawInfo's Free Legal Resource Center to learn more about your issue yet? See: http://www.lawinfo.com/consumer.html and http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/index.html. You can certainly try to speak to a lawyer to determine what legal options may be available. In the meantime, you may be able to learn more on your own. Search the "Free Legal Resources" tab, or browse the Consumer Resources. Good luck.
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