Benefits of a Bergen County Visitation Lawyer
Legal proceedings concerning visitation can be challenging and emotional to navigate. Finding workable solutions in these cases requires knowledge of the laws that the Court will follow and understanding the unique circumstances of your family dynamics. At Moskowitz Law Group, we offer the benefits of a Bergen County visitation lawyer.
We dedicate our practice to guiding parents through visitation and other family law matters. We understand your legal rights as a parent and how to protect them. This can include them seeking an amicable agreement with your coparent. If an amicable agreement cannot be reached, we can seek to obtain an enforceable court order with visitation arrangements. Our visitation attorneys can explain how we can help you during a comprehensive legal consultation.
How Do You Establish Visitation Rights?
A visitation lawyer’s work often begins with filing a Complaint with the Court to establish visitation, commonly known as parenting time in New Jersey courts. This Complaint can be part of a broader divorce proceeding or in cases of unmarried parents who have separated or never lived together. The Court makes parenting time decisions based on the best interests of a child pursuant to the factors set forth in N.J.S.A. 9:2-4. A Court will focus on the best interests of the child to determine the frequency and duration of visitation.
Our Bergen County visitation lawyers can review the unique circumstances of your case to seek a favorable visitation arrangement. We can help you consider various substantive and practical issues that are essential for finding a visitation schedule that works. For example, visitation will need to consider the parents’ and children’s schedules. This often requires coordinating work obligations, travel demands, and dates and places of visitation exchanges between the parents.
In some cases, establishing visitation rights can be performed by agreeing on a formal agreement known as a parenting plan. A lawyer from our firm can negotiate the terms of a parenting plan with your and your child’s interests in mind. If resolving visitation by agreement with a parenting plan agreement is not possible, we can seek an order from the Court to obtain visitation rights.
Protecting Your Existing Visitation Rights
The support and counsel of a Bergen County visitation attorney can also be helpful when disputes or changed circumstances impact your current visitation arrangement. These issues can require Court intervention to either preserve existing rights, modify your parenting time, or pursue custody based on the best interests of the child. Common examples where the counsel of a lawyer can be helpful include:
- Addressing changes in a parent’s work obligations
- Taking a child outside the State
- A parent’s fitness to have custody or visitation
- Considering a change in a child’s preferences for visitation or custody
Doubts concerning a parent’s fitness for maintaining visitation or custody can arise from a variety of reasons. Common concerns include a parent’s substance abuse, severe mental health issues, a history of domestic violence, violations of an existing arrangement, or even physical limitations due to a medical condition. A Court may also have an obligation to suspend a parent’s visitation rights or order visitation to be supervised in some cases.
Contact a Bergen County Attorney To Benefit from Guidance Regarding Visitation
The benefits of a Bergen County visitation lawyer can be found at every stage of legal proceedings involving your visitation rights. Whether you need to establish, protect, or modify an existing visitation schedule, Moskowitz Law Group is here to help. Contact our office today to schedule a consultation with one of our experienced family law attorneys.
