How long does it take to receive a notice from the court stating if a parent has filed for child custody/visitation rights?

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How long does it take to receive a notice from the court stating if a parent has filed for child custody/visitation rights?

My ex agreed to pay child support without putting it through the court system. This in exchange for non-court ordered visitation. He stopped paying after my son’s 2nd birthday (last month). He hasn’t been trying to contact me ever since his jealous rant over Facebook where he threatened my boyfriend and since then, hasn’t asked to see my son. If he files for visitation when will I be notified?

Asked on July 26, 2011 Georgia

Answers:

FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 12 years ago | Contributor

If your "ex" wishes to file an action for visitation rights for his and your son, he wll be required to file a petition in the county court of your state and serve you with the summons and petition personally since there appears to be nothing already filed within the court system as to child support and visitation issues.

Notice of any filed petition can take time assuming an actual petition is even filed. You might want to go down to the county court house where you and your "ex" live and look up under the court matrix information to see if any petition for child visitation has been filed by your "ex" concerning your son by looking up your name and the name of the "ex".

If the names do not show up in the court matrix, most likely no petition has been filed.

Good luck.


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