What is supervised visitation?

According to marriage and family researchers, Nancy Thoennes & Jessica Pearson, “Supervised visitation and exchange services provide parents who may present a risk to their children or to another parent the opportunity to have parent-child contact monitored by an appropriate third party. Long recognized as a service crucial for families whose children have been removed from the home because of child abuse or neglect allegations, visitation centers have begun to emerge as a service for some families engaged in child custody dis­putes, and for families with histories of domestic violence and other allegations of parental misconduct.

Nancy Thoennes & Jessica Pearson, Supervised Visitation: A Profile of Providers, 37 FAM. & CONCIL. CTS. REV. 460 (1999).

Remember. A supervisor’s responsibility is to observe and to provide a safe opportunity for clients to co-parent. Clients are welcome to have the supervisor to participate in a very limited fashion during parenting time, but please remember that this visit is dedicated parenting time that is meant to be spent with the child.

We are able to accommodate visits at the Family Locator family room or at various outside locations as the court order allows - a local park or library or even an indoor gymnasium. The key to making *great memories* during a visit is planning, so contact us early and make your wishes known. The supervisor may suggest a loose format for activities according to court orders.