How to request Supervised Visitations?

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2021 has been a rough year.

For the past 9 years, I have had full decision-making responsibility and Ex only has EOW parenting-time.

Throughout the year until yesterday, my Ex has been increasingly more volitile toward our 9yo Son.

He is constantly belittling him over the phone, screaming at him during their time, has threatened to call the cops on him for shooting him with a nerf bullet (and was serious about it), has left our Son unsupervised to a point where my best friend called me because our Son showed up at her house, has frequently come home with various injuries including 3rd degree burns, self-proclaimed anger issues, depression, anxiety, has a history of past IPV with me, and recent abuse of his dog just to name a few.

Ex has a documented history of using the Family Courts as a form of harassment. In November he put in a motion to seek full decision-making responsibility, full parenting-time, having me pay him child support when he makes $171k per year and I make $26k per year, removal of all communication between me and my Son just to name a few with an alleged material change saying my Son doesn't live with me which is ridiculous. I have provided security camera footage for the past year to my Ex's lawyer proving the claims are ridiculous however, Ex's lawyer is still pushing and has put it in my Ex's mind that he will get everything he is asking for.

The kicker is he is no longer communicating with our Son, and when they do he is telling him that I am manipulating him to make our Son believe he is a monster. Our Son is at a point where he is refusing to leave my house to exercise access because he doesn't feel safe there. I am at a point where I am forcing him out of the house, but am feeling like a horrible parent as he is literally kicking and screaming. He has never touched our Son (as far as I am aware) but CAS was called on my Ex due to our Son saying Ex was throwing items at him aswell as the abuse of his dog.

As we are going to a CC regarding my Ex's desires, I know he will not get what he is seeking and due to his mental state, I feel like he will snap. I want to seek Supervised Visitation with the stipulations that he takes anger management classes and until a OCL can deem it a safe environment for our Son.

Can I just do this through a normal motion form? Or is it a Motion to Change?
 
You will need to be able to provide convincing evidence, preferably from third party sources to have a judge even consider imposing supervised access on your ex when the status quo has been unsupervised access for 9 years already. If you are worried about your child’s safety then speak to CAS and speak to your own lawyer. You need to stop sending security camera footage to your ex’s lawyer. Your ex’s lawyer works for your ex, not you or the child you share. He is going to advocate only for his client’s best interests and it sounds as if your ex makes enough money that his lawyer can milk him for many more years to come. You need to tread carefully even if what you say is true, otherwise it could backfire on you. Consult your own lawyer and get some advice.
 
CAS, police, doctors, social workers etc.
All things being right a Judge isn't going to take your word for it and neither should anyone else. Frustrating and be prepared for not getting the result you want.
CAS may act on the child's behalf. Remember they get paid on their caseload, cynical view but true.
 
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