So, if the court does make a determination and supervision of a parent/child visit needs to occur, the courts will try and have the least restrictive options that would be in the children’s best interest.  This can include a family member or friend that either both parties agree to supervise the visit, or that one side proposes.

There also can be supervision by a paid professional that is more expensive, but can be done at a more natural setting such as a public place or in one of the parties’ homes.  Another also can be supervised visitation that can be done through a supervisor visitation center which is a little bit less natural, but it has a lot more safety precautions and usually considered one of the more restrictive ones other than DCF; which DCF can have the visits monitored at the DCF office.

Generally, DCF needs to have physical custody of the child or the children in order to do visitation. So, if it is just between the parents, DCF would not supervise the visits unless DCF has at least temporary or emergency custody.