Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

Morality and visitation

My ex-husband wants to take my children on vacation with his new girlfriend. However they not been brought up where this type of conduct is acceptable. How can I ask the court to issue a ''morality clause'' in the visitation agreement?

How do you define a ''morality clause''?


Asked on 1/29/09, 9:48 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Brent Rose The Orsini & Rose Law Firm

Re: Morality and visitation

You should try to work it out with your ex and try to make him understand that you don't want the kids exposed to this kind of environment. If he disagrees, you'll probably just have to live with it. There is no such thing as a morality clause. He chooses how to raise the kids on his time, you choose how to raise the kids on your time. That's just the way it is, so long as you don't go way out of society's bounds, and taking a trip with a girlfriend just isn't considered out of bounds these days.

Being divorced often means that kids get exposed to two different religions, two different discipline sets, two different definitions of what's moral. It's unfortunate, but if you and your ex can't work it out, you'll just have to agree to disagree and hope that the kids will see and respect your way of doing things when they become adults.

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Answered on 1/29/09, 5:18 pm


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