My jurisdiction is: PA
I am new here to these forums and I am staying positive that I can get some legal advice on this situation.
I live in Pennsylvania and have a 6 yo niece that unless I travel to see her, I would never see her and have a relationship with her. The excuses my sister and her husband use are such things as that it is better to come up here to see her cause she has toys, etc, etc. Also that I live in a townhome community where there are maybe 2-3 minority families that also call home and they dislike that for some reason, etc. The excuses go on and on and I am tired of it!!!! BUT.....my sister has no problem driving 25 minutes for my niece to spend time with her grandmother...a young and mobile grandmother who drives and still works part time. It is not like she is bed ridden.
My sister needs to become a responsible parent, period! It is her responsibility to make sure that her daughter has a relationship with her aunt (me). It is not mine. She needs to make sacrifices and travel down here so we can visit but she does not. In the past 4 years, I can count on my right hand how many times she has visited me. To prove a point, the last time I saw my niece was when I was there for Christmas....4 months ago and my sister has not come down here or even mentioned it.
I tried to go through the county family court but they said they only deal with custody and I do not want custody. I want a court ordered visitation where my sister HAS to get off her butt and start being a responsibile parent and travel down to my residence so I can see my niece.
Advice needed
I am new here to these forums and I am staying positive that I can get some legal advice on this situation.
I live in Pennsylvania and have a 6 yo niece that unless I travel to see her, I would never see her and have a relationship with her. The excuses my sister and her husband use are such things as that it is better to come up here to see her cause she has toys, etc, etc. Also that I live in a townhome community where there are maybe 2-3 minority families that also call home and they dislike that for some reason, etc. The excuses go on and on and I am tired of it!!!! BUT.....my sister has no problem driving 25 minutes for my niece to spend time with her grandmother...a young and mobile grandmother who drives and still works part time. It is not like she is bed ridden.
My sister needs to become a responsible parent, period! It is her responsibility to make sure that her daughter has a relationship with her aunt (me). It is not mine. She needs to make sacrifices and travel down here so we can visit but she does not. In the past 4 years, I can count on my right hand how many times she has visited me. To prove a point, the last time I saw my niece was when I was there for Christmas....4 months ago and my sister has not come down here or even mentioned it.
I tried to go through the county family court but they said they only deal with custody and I do not want custody. I want a court ordered visitation where my sister HAS to get off her butt and start being a responsibile parent and travel down to my residence so I can see my niece.
Advice needed
