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Judge sets every-other-weekend visitation and bars parents from discussing case with children
Summary
A Dixon County judge ordered every-other-weekend visitation for the father and prohibited either parent from speaking about the case or making derogatory comments to the couple's children; violations will be treated as contempt with a 10-day jail sanction for proven breaches.
A Dixon County judge ordered a temporary parenting schedule during a family-court hearing and issued a directive forbidding either parent from discussing the divorce or making derogatory remarks about the other parent to the children.
The judge set father David Dixon's visitation at every other weekend, from Friday at 6 p.m. to Sunday at 6 p.m., and said the court will not force a child to attend visitation if the child resists; refusing to send a child under those circumstances "shall not be used against him in any future proceeding," the judge said. The order addresses two children, ages 15 and 12, and reflects testimony about one child's sensitivity: "Our daughter is borderline autistic, and she can't handle this much stress," petitioner Sabrina Smithson told the court.
Why it matters: The court weighed the children's ages and preferences and…
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