What would the legal liability for me to be,if my 11 year old does not want to visit her Dad this weekend?

Divorced in Georgia(papers still there),both parents live in Florida.Divorced in 2000.No visitation missed over this time. Now my 11 year old says " does not want to go". Has spoken to Dad and he says"you have no choice, it is my time".Talked over 30 min (as I was told) to argue and may want to get even more visitation. My 11 year old is affraid of what he would do later on ,if she were not to go! I have stayed out of it and informed this matter is between child and parent.But the conversation did not go the way expected and still does not want to go. What can he do to me legally? I personally am not refusing visitation. It is her wish.
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Submitted 357 days ago...

meltdown0011

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Technically you'd be in contempt of court if you don't honor the divorce decree. Even if your son doesn't want to go to his dad's house, he still has to go, at least until he's 18.

The father can take you to court for violating the decree, and most courts would probably be on his side. It's too bad because a lot of fathers treat their kids poorly, and kid ends up resenting the dad.

The best advice I could offer would be to let the kid know you feel his pain, so he understands that you get it. Then hope that the two of them can form some sort of bond. Maybe try and reason with the dad. If that doesn't sound good, you could go back to court to legally change the visitation rights.

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Submitted 357 days ago...

Ruchele

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Is this your son, or daughter? I am confussed there. Meltdown makes a good point, and you would technically be in contempt should your ex so choose to pursue such a thing. What would I do personally? I would take my daughter to a counselor to address why she doesn't want to go. Perhaps something is going on that she is afraid to tell you. I am sorry you are going through this. I have been in the same situation, and with the counselors help my daughter was able to make her voice heard to the courts and the judge did rule that she was not required to attend visitation.

I hope all works out well for you.

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Submitted 165 days ago...

tomturkey

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She is 11 and does in some states have the right to not go if she does not want to. However my concern would be as to why she does not want to spend this time with her father. You need to talk to her and find out why she feels this way then talk to your ex and try to explain it to him. Give him a fair chance to discuss her feelings with him. If she does not want to go just not to go, it is not fair to him. If he chooses to file an order with the court unless she has just cause thay will more and likely tell her she has to go. She needs to bond with her father as well as with you. Unless he is a bad guy he deserves to spend his time with her and she should feel blessed that he cares so much. There are so many children out there without parents. Bless you all

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