Enforcing Court Orders for Visitation or Child Support
If the other parent is not adhering to court-ordered visitation or financial support, you do not have to let your rights be trampled. Family court judges can and will take action if the other parent is willfully disobeying an order.
The Shaw Law Firm, LLC, in Atlanta, Georgia, represents either party in contempt of court actions. If you are involved in an enforcement dispute, contact us today for experienced representation.
Contempt of Court and Enforcement of Parental Rights
Attorney Scott W. Shaw practices exclusively in family law. He has more than 15 years of experience in this arena, including enforcement actions in family courts across the Metro Atlanta area.
The Shaw Law Firm will stand up for your rights and initiate (or defend) a suit for willful noncompliance with a court order:
- Failure to pay child support or alimony
- Interference with visitation rights (refusing access to the child)
- Repeated violations of the parenting schedule
- Parental alienation
- Failure to comply with the divorce settlement (not selling the home, etc.)
- Otherwise going against a court order
Our lawyer will seek all legal remedies for noncompliance, which can include: a formal finding of contempt of court on record, awarding of attorney's fees and make-up visitation time. For continued refusal to comply, the court can put the offending parent in jail, modify the parenting plan or even reverse primary custody.
Sometimes parents accused of thwarting the law are not being difficult or vindictive, but frustrated by an ambiguous court order or struggling financially to meet court-ordered obligations. It may be necessary to re-draft an agreement or have the court revisit the order. We regularly represent clients in modifications of custody and support orders when circumstances have changed and the existing order isn't working.
Experienced Advocacy in Family Courts of Georgia
Scott Shaw is an experienced litigator and relentless advocate for his clients. He knows what the court does and does not consider relevant in contempt actions to most effectively press your case.
If you are interested in scheduling an in-person consultation to initiate contempt of court proceedings, please contact our Atlanta office today at (770) 594-8309 to speak with Atlanta enforcing child support attorney Scott Shaw.
