Re: Being filmed

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Unless they have a valid court order of some type that
permits filming, which is MOST unlikely, it's YOUR home and
you can put a stop to it. Tell them to stop filming OR leave.
If they don't stop, tell them to leave. If they don't leave,
call the police & tell the police the person is trespassing.

If you can, having neutral witnesses around when this happens
would be a very good idea. This avoids the he-said-she-said
spitting contest.

However, there must be another way to resolve this problem
without that kind of tension in front of a child. Is this
court-ordered visitation? Does the child have a
court-appointed attorney? If so, contact the child's attorney
& tell them what's going on; see if the attorney has an
opinion, suggestion or advice. This scene can't be good for
the child.

Why are you supervising visitation? Are you a foster parent?
Is this a Child Protective Services situation? If so, contact
the child's social worker and tell the worker what's going on.
Tell them you want it stopped, and politely insist that they
do whatever they have to do to get it stopped. The social
worker can get the county's attorney to go to court & get a
restraining order, so it won't be $$$ out of your pocket.

As a LAST resort, you can go to court & get a restraining
order to keep the filmer out of your home and/or preent the
parent from filimng. This is YOUR home & you have the right
to set the rules regarding NO-FILMING. But whatever happens:
do NOT resort to violence. Of course, you can defend youself
if the other party gets violent. Please, please don't let it
go that far.

btw: Judges HATE this kind of stuff -- it makes them really
cranky.

On 12/24/02, Azureman wrote:
> We supervise visitation of a friend who is seeking custody
> of her child (1 yr old). When the child is brought by the
> father to our home he is always accompanied by one of his
> parents with a video camera running. We have told them
> that they do not have permission to be filming us and have
> requested that they turn off the camera. They refuse and
> continue to film all present. Do I have the right to
> insist that they not photograph us?

Re: Being filmed, 9/10/03, by Bella.

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