Nelson & Booth| Child Custody, Parenting Time & Visitation

Nelson & Booth
attorneys at law

Can I refuse to allow the other parent to see our child if child support is not being paid?

Can I stop paying child support until the other parent lets me see our child?

No.

Kansas law provides that a parent may not deny parenting time simply because the other parent has not made timely child support payments. Similarly, A parent cannot refuse to pay child support because parenting time has been limited or denied. The obligations to pay child support and allow parenting time are independent and are both rights of the child. Denial of parenting time should not be used as a "lever" to enforce a financial obligation which exists between the parents.

Every child and every parent has a right to see the other. Every child needs to have a bond with both parents.

Every child deserves financial support from both parents.

NELSON & BOOTH is a law firm engaged exclusively in a family law practice emphasizing complex domestic relations actions, including divorce and determination of parentage, property division, child custody, parenting time, spousal and child support and representation of parents in cases of international child abduction.

The attorneys at NELSON & BOOTH are licensed to practice only in the
states of Kansas or Missouri.

E-mail: Ronald W. Nelson or Joseph W. Booth

nelson & booth

attorneys at law

Last updated 8/9/2006