Your spouse beat you often, emotionally and physically. However, you have a child or children with this person and the court has ordered visitation. Well, the answer is supervised visitation. The supervised visitation program Where domestic violence or other abuse is present, it may be required in order to reduce trauma to the child or former spouse that a structured program for visitation be attended rather than sole visitation. To allow the abusive parent to establish a more structured relationship with the child or children yet reduce the stress, a court may order visitation in such an environment.
Most states have such programs in place.
However, most of these programs are not accessible except through a court order. Typically, a time for visitation is arranged through the supervised visitation that complies with the court order. Arrival times are usually staggered so both parents and the children do not arrive at the same time. Upon arrival, the non-custodial parent is placed in a room with a counselor, or another trained person. At this point, visitation with the child or children will be held.