Cross-Border Family Law

Visitation Rights

Contact arrangements that survive contact with reality — schedules, travel, and what to do when they are ignored.

Talk to us

Tell us the situation and we will tell you what we think you should do — and what it will cost.

Who this is for

  • Parents denied contact with their child
  • Foreign parents living abroad
  • Parents with concerns about the other household
  • Parents needing an existing arrangement changed

What we handle

Scope of work

Visitation schedules, including school holidays

Overseas travel and passport consent

Supervised contact where welfare concerns exist

Video contact arrangements for parents abroad

Enforcement of an order being ignored

Variation as the child grows

How it works

How we run the matter

  1. Consultation on legal status and objectives
  2. Proposal of a workable schedule
  3. Mediation or negotiation
  4. Court application if agreement fails
  5. Order recorded and, if necessary, enforced

Documents to prepare

  • Existing custody or visitation orders
  • Child’s birth certificate
  • Records of contact attempted and refused
  • School calendar and the child’s schedule
  • Travel documents

Common questions

An informal agreement is hard to enforce; a court-recorded order is not. If you already have an order, the court has enforcement mechanisms.
That depends on who holds parental power and on what any order says. Written consent or an order is the safe course.

Speak to a lawyer

Legal problems are easier to manage when addressed early.