How to Change Visitation in a Divorce

Video Transcript

"You are in the midst of a divorce, or you have been recently divorced, and there is an agreement on visitation of your children. Hi, I'm Robert Todd, and I'm here to address the question, how do I change visitation in my divorce? Well, if you're not yet divorced, you want to talk with the other parent, and you want to see if you can agree upon specific visitation, and if you do so, you want to be sure and put that in writing and have both parents sign it. If you have already been divorced, and there is a judgment of divorce that specifies what the visitation is, and there has been a change in circumstances, the easiest way to change that visitation is, once again, to get the other spouse or parent to set forth, in writing, what you have agreed to with respect to changes. If the other spouse or parent does not agree, then you'll have to do what is known as a petition for modification, and with a petition for modification, you're going to have to establish and demonstrate a substantial change in circumstances which is not an easy thing to do. I'm Robert Todd and thank you for watching."