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My X-wife want to get visitations with our 17 year old son but he refuses her.?
My wife filed for a divorce and left my son and i pretty much with nothing and we even lost the house we were living in.The subject of her receiving an inheritance to divorce me was also an issue and my son knows it.he is furious with his mother and refuses to even speak to her.The divorce says joint custody and yes she filed first and insisted that he live with me which is great.after this she still keeps insisting she is going to see him but he knows what she did and will have nothing to do with her now(he is 17 1/2) she is sending the police my house wanting them to talk him into going with her but even they say there is nothing they can do to make him,this is getting old!,Any advice???can she do anything to force him to go,the divorce has been final for a month.
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- bojLv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
Youre son is at the age of consent & legally can make decisions for himself. If he doesnt want to have a relationship with her no one not even the courts can force him to do it. So dont worry about it. You can take her to court for harrassment by sending the police to your home. You can also get a ProtectionOrder (PO) forbidding her to come near or contact you & your son but he has to sign the order as well.
- just_my_opinionLv 710 years ago
If you're in the US.... If there is a court order for visitation, then YOU (not son, but you) are in violation of that order, and you can go to jail for violating a court order (not saying I think you will, but you can). With that said, he's only 6 months away from being a legal adult, so even if she were to take you back to court (for violating the order) I doubt the court would force him to go, and he might even turn 18 before she ever got to see a judge anyway (making it a moot point).
By the way, these people saying "he gets to make the choice" are wrong. Minors do not get to decide. A parent's rights (ie the right to visitation) trumps a minor's "wants" every single time (unless the parent is unfit, and what she did, sadly, does not make her unfit in the eyes of the court).
- ChrisLv 510 years ago
I don't think there is much the mother can do at this point. In 6 months, this stuff is mute anyways. Mother will have to live with her decision to leave and have the son stay with you.
- ?Lv 410 years ago
This is fairly cut and dry even if its put through the system...Ive been there. State through emails and letters that you openly encourage your son to visit and have him verify that. If he doesnt want to go, even if he was 14, he is allowed to have that opinion and refuse the visitation..He is old enough to make his choice and shouldnt be forced. Yes, if a stink is made social services could get involved for either party...but think about it, theres a reason why someone doesnt want to go. No one can force anyone to do anything
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- 10 years ago
Oh cry me a River you turned you son against his Mother.
Source(s): What kind of father would turn a son against his mother. A loser father who was left with nothing and she had joint custody is should be inforced. He need to see a modirator so they can find out how you ruined his relationship with his Mother. YOU ARE A LOSER.
