Visitation Attorneys Schaumburg

Your right to visitation with your children is naturally a primary concern, and if you are facing a visitation battle, you shouldn’t move forward without legal guidance on your side. Preserving your ongoing relationship and closeness with your children is paramount, and an experienced visitation attorney in Schaumburg can help by skillfully advocating for a parenting time schedule (or visitation schedule) that benefits you and your children. 

Parental Responsibilities

In the State of Illinois, child custody is referred to as parental responsibilities and parenting time. The term parental responsibilities refers to what you may know as legal custody, and it determines which parent will be making those primary parenting decisions, such as those related to the following:

• Your children’s education or childcare
• Your children’s religious education
• Your children’s medical needs and health care
• Your children’s extracurricular pursuits
• Your children’s travel

Even if you and your ex share these parental responsibilities jointly, it does not mean that you will necessarily also share parenting time evenly.

Your Visitation Schedule

If your children’s other parent is the primary custodial parent, it means that the children will spend the majority of their overnights with him or her and that you will receive a parenting time schedule (or what you may know as a visitation schedule). Obtaining a parenting time schedule that works for you and your children and that allows you to maximize your bonding time with your children is the goal, and a dedicated visitation attorney will help you skillfully advocate for this position. 

The Primary Factors

When Illinois courts make determinations that involve children, they are always guided by those children’s best interests. When the determinations have to do with visitation schedules, factors like the following play an important role:

• The preferences of both parents, and if the child is old enough and mature enough to share his or her thoughts meaningfully, the preferences of each child
• The unique relationship each child has forged with each parent, with each child’s siblings, and with any other individuals who play important parts in each child’s life.
• How well each child has adapted to his or her current living situation, school, and the community at large
• The mental and physical health of all the parties involved (including each parent, each child, and anyone else living in either parent’s household)
• Each parent’s willingness and ability to facilitate the continued closeness of each child with the other parent
• Each parent’s willingness and ability to cooperate with the other parent regarding parenting time concerns
• If child abuse or neglect is a factor
• Any other factor the court finds relevant to the visitation concern at hand.

It’s Time to Consult with an Experienced Visitation Attorney in Schaumburg

If you are facing a legal concern that involves your visitation schedule, the practiced visitation attorneys at SLG Family Law in Schaumburg are well positioned and well prepared to zealously defend your rights – in pursuit of a beneficial resolution. We are on your side and here to help, so please don’t hesitate to contact us for more information today.