• Limitations on visitations, including requir- ing supervised visitation; • Requiring a third party, the other parent, a trusted family member or friend, to trans- port the child or children for the purpose of visitation; • Ordering an ignition interlock device placed on one parent’s or both parents’ vehicles; sometimes judges will order it on both vehicles to be fair. Helpful Strategies for Concerned Parents, Grandparents, and Family Members The following strategies may be helpful to you as you seek court intervention to protect your child or children from a caregiver who has a his- tory of substance impaired driving violations. Keep in mind that courts want to see a pat- tern of behavior; therefore, documentation and accurate record keeping is important.
Both parents may be evaluated when Child Protective Services gets involved.
Keep your focus. Your goal is to protect your child, not to prevent your child from having a relationship with the other parent. Whether or not it’s fair, judges may assume that efforts to
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