Visitation Non-Custodial

North Carolina Divorce Law Divorce and Separation Answers
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Dear cougar242:

Greetings. Generally, there is no penalty if one of the parents does not show up for visitation. One of the things your spouse can do is file a motion to modify custody, asking the court to curtail the time the father has with the children and/or for babysitting costs if the other parent has plans on the time of the other party. Best of luck.

Janet L. Fritts
Attorney with Rosen Divorce
4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 500
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
RosenDivorce.com
919-787-6668

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The father of my stepchildren has visitation rights for his children every other weekend. He is very unreliable in his visitation with the children. He has also stated that the law “as instructed by his attorney” although we have not found him to have one. “internet lawyer pro-se” that his visitation is like the children going to school, if they are sick he does not have to pick them up, etc. I have scanned the statutes and caselaw with lexis-nexis and casemaker and have been able to find any evidence of this to be true. So I guess my question is “has anyone heard of a school-type allowance for the non-custodial parent that allows the parent an excuse to not visit with his children and if not what are the alternatives that the custodial parent can use to rectify the situation of not being able to plan anything within the visitation periods or having to change plans constantly for his refusal or non-visitation with the children?”
Thanks
Sean Walker

Sean Walker