Visitation and Visitation Issues
by Maury D. Beaulier, Esq.
A parent that is not awarded physical custody has a visitation schedule. Often when a parent is awarded visitation rather than physical custody, they feel as if they are being characterized as an inferior parent. That is not what "visitation" was intended to mean. nonetheless, over the years, that stigma has been attached to it. It is often better to think of custody and visitation schedules as parenting schedules rather than becoming caught up in labels. Currently, there is legislation being considered in Minnesota to remove many of these emotionally laden labels in order to concentrate on parenting schedules that work.
