Will Fraley, Attorney at Law has been representing parents and families for years. As a result, he is deeply familiar with how the Tennessee family court system works and can effectively navigate you through every step of the legal process. We especially understand how important visitation cases are, as they directly impact your relationship with your child. So, you can trust that we will advocate for your parental rights assertively and tenaciously. Whether you have questions about how a judge will make a visitation decision or what the court is looking for in a visitation schedule, Will Fraley, Attorney at Law can help you.

Parental Visitation Rights

Divorcing parents will establish their co-parenting arrangement in a parenting plan. Parenting plans delineate each parent’s responsibilities and rights to make decisions on behalf of the child. They will also lay out the visitation schedule for when each parent will spend time with the child, including on weeknights, weekends, holidays, and summer breaks.

Note that parenting plans can be either temporary or permanent. Temporary plans will stand while the custody case is still pending, and permanent parenting plans will be finalized into an enforceable court order that will last until either parent requests modification or the child turns 18 years old.

The parent whom the child resides with will be designated the primary residential parent. The non-residential parent will, in most cases, be entitled to regular communication and a relationship with that child, such as through a weeknight visit or visits every other weekend as dictated by the visitation schedule. If the non-residential parent is being denied their right to visitation by the residential parent, they can file a petition for enforcement with the court, which may also provide grounds for modifying the parenting plan.