Visitations rigths for unmarried in california.?

Question

My girlfriend and her ex ended their relationship shortly after finding out she was pregnant four years ago. He was physically abusive to her and she has police reports to prove that.

Throughout the years I would help with taking the baby to the sheriffs station where he would pick her up to have her for a few hours. Her father one time was placed on a 5150 because he began to stab himself in the arm in a parking lot "BRAW DAY LIGHT. "

After that incident my girlfriend filed for child support and supevisd visitations. He has missed several of the visitations and owes money to the visitation agency where going through. He is behind a few thousand dollars of child support and he continues to break the stipulations from court.

He goes to my girlfrineds house expecting to see the child when he wants to. He recently served my girlfriend with papers for court this month. The child is really suffering disappointments at this time and I wish he would just leave her alone compeltely.

Well, because he has a history of domestic violence to my girlfriend, he is only allowed to have supervised visitations by a third agency. He wrote on the court papers that she has been avoiding the visits. My girlfreind has documentation stating she has been there several times and him not showing up.

Answer 1

You really need to consult a lawyer who is a specialist in visitation rights.....

Answer 2

What did he serve her papers for?

He is the child's father- regardless of the KIND of father he is and because of that, he has rights. She needs to keep a journal of everything. If he has scheduled visitation and misses it, or is late, she needs to write it down. Every time. It is admissable in court.

If the child support payments are going directly to her, she needs to buy a receipt book (Home Depot sells them). Every time he pays her, she needs to write a receipt. If he misses a payment, she doesn't write a receipt.

This, too, is admissable in court. If they have shared custody, or no direct-court ordered custody- he has every right to show up whenever he wants to see the child and she has no legal right to prevent this.

My advice is to find a custody lawyer. It's CA. She literally could be a crack-whore and still retain full custody. If she wants structured custody for the child, she will get it, she's just got to go to court first.