Battles over child visitation rights force us to confront frustrating realities on many levels. Whether you are in the midst of a relatively amicable separation, embroiled in a bitter battle over paternity, or frustrated by your current visitation arrangement, the resourceful, experienced team at Fletcher, Rohrbaugh & Chahine, LLP can help you identify your options, make progress towards your goals, and handle both setbacks and opportunities that arise during your case.
Developing Clear Goals
Many parents, guardians, and concerned family members fail to clarify their goals and “best outcomes” for child visitation. Unless you understand WHY you want more time with a child – and unless you have a clear vision for how you would like the visitation scheme to work, ideally – you may find it difficult to achieve the progress you want and feel satisfied with any outcome. It is also useful to know what your child visitation rights are in the matter.
Different people have very different reasons for seeking child custody.
Frustrated and concerned grandparents, for instance, may simply want to deprive a drug addicted mother of custody of their grandchild to protect the child’s welfare.
A father locked in a heated paternity battle may want visitation just to cultivate a relationship with his biological child.
A doting mother may want maximum visitation rights because she doesn’t approve of the parenting style, morals, or lifestyle of her ex-husband.
There are literally a million and one different motivations potentially at work in child visitation cases. The more clearly you understand your purpose, the easier it will be for your attorneys to craft a strategy for you — to identify and harness the appropriate resources and obtain your child visitation rights.
Imagining Your Child Visitation Rights Problem Solved – "Best Case Scenario" Thinking
It is easy for parents and guardians and other concerned parties to get in the habit of “thinking catastrophically.” Whether an ugly divorce turned you cynical; a drawn-out custody battle sapped your enthusiasm; or a fight over paternity totally exasperated you, you may currently be in the habit of allowing doomsday scenarios to dominate your thinking. "What will happen if I get no visitation rights at all?" "What if my abusive and drug addicted ex-spouse neglects or even harms my child?" Etcetera.
A more productive way of thinking involves imagining “best case” outcomes and using resources, like the team at Fletcher, Rohrbaugh & Chahine, LLP, who will help determine your child visitation rights to shortcut the path towards achieving the ideal outcome.
Try coming up with the “what” before you come up with the “how.” Let go of thinking about your child visitation issues in a linear fashion — i.e. identifying the precise steps you think you must take. The brain doesn’t work well that way. Our brain’s information processor — the reticular activating system — is naturally outcome focused. We generally need to imagine a desired reality in our minds before we can figure out what to do to achieve it.
For instance, think about the color “red.” Now look around the room you are in. Chances are, you will suddenly be aware of objects around you that are red colored.
Likewise, if you focus on a positive outcome for child visitation, your subconscious will hopefully help you pick up on resources, ideas, and tools to help you make progress.
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