What To Expect
We understand you are anxious to start your supervised visits.
The faster you get your documents to us, the faster we can get past the paperwork and on to your visits!
Call to Schedule and Complete an Intake Interview
Note: Before your intake interview, you must fax, mail, or email a copy of:
a) the court order,
b) a photo of the child/children,
c) your California Driver's License or Identification Cardd) valid car insurance if transporting child,
e) any restraining orders or no contact orders.f) your completed and signed Intake Packet
Note: Make a list of questions and bring it with you to the Intake Interview.
The intake interview will be conducted with each parent individually before your first visit. During the intake interview, we will review the:
- Visitation guidelines set forth by your court order
- Visitation Agreement for Services
- Fees and Method of Payment
- Safety and Security Measures
- Program Conditions and Guidelines
- Hours of Operation
- Reasons for Interrupting or Ending a Visit
- Termination Process
Meanwhile, behind the scenes...
As required by law, we will complete and sign the Declaration of Supervised Visitation Provider Form.
A completed copy of this form will be sent to all parties involved including the custodial and non-custodial parents, attorneys, and court.
Schedule Your Visits
If we determine we are a good fit for your case, we will proceed with scheduling your visits and we will help you plan your first visit. Suggested Activities include: Libraries, Parks, Zoos, Museums, Aquariums, Restaurants, etc.
Help Me Understand Why
Research shows...
Staying Connected
In most families, children attach to their parents or caregivers through emotional bonds. This attachment is important to a child’s life because it provides a secure, emotional foundation for the child to build relationships later on in life. When divorce, foster case, or out-of home placement occurs these attachments are interrupted, and a child’s emotional well-being becomes at risk. A child’s emotional stability will continue to crumble if no investment of love and time is given to the parent/child relationship. Trust levels drop and the ability to connect with anyone dissolves leaving a child at risk for life-long issues as well as vulnerable to sexual and physical abuse, violence, emotional abuse, and other high-risk situations where that loss of parental bonds leaves them numb and defenseless.
What is supervised visitation?
The public policy of the state of California is to protect the best interest of children whose parents have a custody or visitation matter in family court. Sometimes, based on issues of protection and safety, a judge will order that a child only have contact with a parent when a neutral third person is present during the visitation. This type of third-person visitation arrangement is often called “supervised visitation.”
The purpose of supervised visitation is to allow the parent access to their child in a safe environment and to continue to support the parent-child relationship, while ensuring the child is not harmed in any way.
A judge may order supervised visitation for many reasons, like:
- To give the visiting parent a chance to address specific issues;
- To help reintroduce a parent and a child after a long absence;
- To help introduce a parent and a child when there has been no existing relationship between them;
- When there is a history or allegations of domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, or substance abuse;
- When there are parenting concerns or mental illness; or
- When there is a parental threat of abduction.
Most parents are unhappy that they must visit their children under the watchful eye of a stranger. However, the best course of action is generally to address the Court’s concerns and focus on how to best win a more favorable visitation plan moving forward.
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