What evidence will a victim of domestic violence need to have the fathers visitation with the children supervised?
If the father has sexually abused a child, his visitation should be either strictly supervised or stopped altogether. If he has physically abused a child in such a way that serious injuries have occurred, the same would apply. If he physically abused a child but there were no serious injuries, a judge would look at the evidence presented, consider whether or not the children were safe with him on unsupervised visitation and make his decision accordingly. If the children have not been physically or sexually abused, but the father has committed acts of violence on the mother in the presence or hearing of the children, a judge will take that into consideration in ruling on visitation. Although all acts of violence in the home should be considered as harmful to children, many judges will not consider acts which the children did not see or hear as a reason to order supervised visitation, unless the father was arrested, convicted and jailed for violence. If a man has been convicted as assaul
