Supervision centers

[Susan1]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NH

This morning I had my final DVP hearing in District Court with my 3 year old sons father. We also have a pending modification case in Superior Court (hearing scheduled for 10/22).

In the middle of telling my ex to "wipe that smug look off his face" and threatening to put him in jail for contempt, the judge informed my ex that if I were to mention in Superior Court the fact that his wife is a convicted felon with heroin possession charges, he (my ex)should be expecting his wife to not be allowed to have any contact with our 3 year old. The judge then granted the final DVP and ordered ex's visitation to occur in a DCYF visitation center until the Superior Court modifies our current order.

This comment is making me wonder. I do not have any experience with DCYF or visitation centers. Will his wife be allowed to be at the visitations with our son? I thought only the visiting parent and child participated? How are the visitation centers set up? Is our son going to sit in a room with his father and some toys and have a stranger watching? Are there other children present doing visitation as well?

I did look up visitation centers in my area, but they are private companies providing this service, not DCYF. I can't find any information on DCYF centers.

 

[Ohiogal]

Its possible his wife will be able to attend. You need to take the judge's hint.

 

[Susan1]

Its possible his wife will be able to attend. You need to take the judge's hint.

Thanks for the quick response.

I did put in my original motion to modify that he and his wife are both convicted felons and how she had even lost custody of her own daughter due to her drug problems.

I retained a lawyer after filing Pro Se (this website helped me realize I was probably over my head and couldn't do it by myself) and he advised me to get all the court documents pertaining to her convictions and his. I got them and gave them to my lawyer.

At the DVP hearing when it came time to address visitation, my ex actually asked if his wife could be the supervisor of his visitations! That's when my lawyer stepped in and informed the judge that the wife was NOT an appropriate supervisor.

Now I'm just nervous about the supervision center and how comfortable my son will be there during visits. We offered for his grandmother (ex's mother) to do the supervision in her home for a more relaxed setting but ex refused.