As news reports continually come in with developments on the Jerry Sandusky child molestation allegations, news reports indicate that Sandusky’s daughter in law sought an order seeking that Sandusky not be allowed in the presence of her children nor to allow the children to be in Sandusky’s home.

The court ended up making an order that the children were not to be in the presence of Jerry Sandusky without supervision and also ordered that overnight visits be prohibited in the Sandusky home due to Sandusky dealing with these pending molestation allegations.

A parent should always seek to ensure that their children’s safety and well being remain a priority. Whether the other parent is dealing with issues with allegations of molestation as in the Sandusky case, or one parent accuses the other of excessive discipline or alleges continual drug use or the other parent has neglected the child in some way or any risk concerning behavior of one parent, supervised visitations may be appropriate in these circumstances.

In any instance where one parent has a concern of the parenting ability of the other parent, or that issues have arisen to raise concern that the other parent cannot effectively parent a minor child, a parent has the option of seeking an initial ex parte motion for supervised visitation or an ex parte motion for modification of an existing order for supervised visitations.

Supervision can be done by a trusted family member or can be done professionally as ordered by the court.

The experienced and skilled Southern California family law attorneys at Wallin & Klarich Law firm have been helping divorcing parents for over 30 years. If you need representation for divorce or child custody issues related to divorce or a paternity action, call our firm immediately for a consultation.