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Nov 07
2004
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Ask a Lawyer: 12 year old childPosted by: Dads Divorce on Nov 7, 2004   |
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Question:
My husband has sole custody of my 12 year old bonus child. She has lived with us since she was 2 years of age. Her biological mother has just re-entered the picture and my 12 year old wants nothing to do with her even after our attempts to send the two to therapy, supervised visits and now unsupervised visits. The question we have is at what age does a child have the right to tell the courts how they feel and the child being taken seriously?
Answer:
Allow me to preface my response that I am not licensed to practice in Maine. Some states allow a child to make decisions at age 12. However, that does not usually refer to is they go for visitations or not. Unless you can show that there is a risk to her to go (physically or emotionally), the Court will most likely require her to continue. Once she gets into high school, it can be very hard for the court to force her to continue to go to the visitations.
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