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Few things are more frustrating than showing up for your parenting time and finding no one home, or watching the other parent ignore a schedule the court put in place. Parenting time disputes cover conflicts over an existing parenting time order, including denied or shortened visits, repeated late exchanges, disagreements over holidays and summer, interference with phone or video contact, and a parent who consistently doesn’t use their time.
In Indiana, parenting time is the term used for the time a child spends with each parent, and most orders are based on the Indiana Parenting Time Guidelines or a schedule the parents agreed to. The Guidelines cover regular weekends and midweek time, holidays, summer, transportation, communication between the parents, and the child’s contact with each parent. When one parent doesn’t follow the order, the other parent can ask the court to enforce it.
When a court finds that a parent has violated a parenting time order without justifiable cause, it has several tools. It can order make-up parenting time, require the parent to pay the other parent’s attorney fees, order community service, require the parent to post a bond, or find the parent in contempt. In serious or repeated cases, ongoing interference with the other parent’s relationship with the child can support a modification of custody. Indiana also treats parenting time and child support as separate obligations, so a parent can’t withhold parenting time because support is unpaid or stop paying support because parenting time was denied.
At RileyCate, we help parents enforce parenting time orders and defend against claims that they violated one. When the schedule itself no longer works, our Parenting Time Modification page explains how to ask the court for a change.
Parenting time disputes are personal and often ongoing, and they call for an attorney who can present a clear record of what’s happening and push for a lasting fix. Keith L. Hancock leads our family law team. Keith is Of Counsel at RileyCate, LLC, and family law is the primary focus of his practice. His background includes work as a deputy prosecutor, deputy public defender, associate attorney, and founding member of his own prior firm, giving him a practical understanding of how cases are prepared, negotiated, and tried.
Keith personally oversees every family law matter we take on, working with the attorneys, associates, and staff the case calls for based on its size and complexity, so you get responsive, informed representation from the outset.
Nobody plans to need a lawyer. When something goes wrong, what you need first is someone who will listen, tell you honestly where you stand, and take the next steps off your plate. That is how every case at RileyCate, LLC begins.
We represent individuals, families, and small businesses across Fishers, Indianapolis, and surrounding counties in personal injury and complex litigation, business and real estate disputes, criminal defense, and appeals.
Will Riley and Russell Cate personally oversee every matter, staffing each case to its size and complexity. Both are recognized as Super Lawyers and have argued before the Indiana Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. Will also holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and a Top 100 Trial Lawyer designation.
We are trial-tested, not just settlement-focused. We have tried hundreds of cases, because insurance companies, opposing businesses, and prosecutors negotiate differently with a firm willing to go the distance.
If you’re dealing with denied visits, constant conflict over the schedule, or an accusation that you violated the order, there are steps you can take. We offer a consultation to review your situation and explain your options. Reach out to RileyCate today to speak with a family law attorney.
