VISITATION RULES & PROCEDURES
- Monitor will be present at all times during visitation and is monitoring from the moment of arrival.
- All contact between child/children and the non-custodial parent shall take place within monitor¹s hearing and sight at all times.
- Fees for services shall be paid in full, in exact cash prior to the start of each visit with monitor.
- Custodial parent shall bring children to visit five minutes before scheduled visit. Visiting parent shall arrive promptly at scheduled time.
- Custodial parent shall arrive promptly at the end of each scheduled visit to pick up child/children. Visiting parent shall wait with monitor during pick up and departure.
- Custodial and visiting parent will adhere to monitor’s guidance at exchange and during scheduled visitation. Non-compliance with guidelines or challenging the authority of the monitor may lead to termination of services at the discretion of the monitor.
- Cancellation or rescheduling of visitation requires 24 hours advance notification and both parents must confirm mutually agreed upon reschedules and cancellations. If visitation is cancelled with less than 24 hours notice, monitor will be paid as if visitation had occurred.
- Cancellations for health reasons must confirm with a doctor’s note.
- If custodial parent or designee fails to arrive with child/children without sufficient prior notice of cancellation to the monitor (see 7), custodial parent or designee shall pay for missed visitation. Additionally, monitor will be paid as if visitation had occurred.
- Failure of visiting parent to arrive within 10 minutes of designated time of arrival without notification by phone will result in cancellation of the visit, and monitor shall be paid as if visit occurred.
- Hourly charge for monitored visitation is (negotiated based on circumstances). Where applicable, fees for travel and/or for overnight visits will be arranged.
- Visitation will be canceled if a parent is suspected of being under the influence of alcohol or non-prescription drugs.
- Parents and child/children must speak English during visitation and must speak loud enough for monitor to hear.
- Parents will adhere to monitors guidance at exchange point and during visitation.
- Family members or friends authorized by the court to participate in visitation must comply with guidelines.
Rules of Conduct
The following is prohibited during visitation:
- Inappropriate demands for physical contact, foul language, shouting, threats of violence or abuse, attempts to move child/children out of sight or hearing of monitor.
- Passing of correspondence or messages to the other parent (such as regarding legal matters) through child/children or monitor.
- Using the visitation for the service of court documents.
- Sharing of detailed court information or court documents with the child/children and/or making of promises about future living arrangements, time sharing or visitation modifications. Visit discussions should focus on the present to avoid pressure and/or disappointment.
- Speaking negatively about the other parent, his or her family or designee in front of the child/children and/or questions about the other parent’s whereabouts or activities.
- Taking photographs of the child/children without prior written consent from custodial parent.
- Permanent alterations of child/children during visitation without prior written consent of custodial parent. Alteration includes but is not limited to haircuts, tattoos, body or ear piercing.
- Smoking in the presence of the child/children or monitor.
- Weapons or any articles that could be used a weapon at site of visitation.
- Contact or confrontation between parents during exchange or visitation