Visitation without court order
In a case where parental figures have only done a child support order , no court order for custody , what are the fathers rights on visitation ? What needs to be done between the two partys so that the child is allowed to visit one of the parents ?
the story :
the only legal documents , to my knowledge, is the parental form from child support. I signed this long ago because at the very least I could pay child support. This was taken and arranged by the courts and I have diligently paid it for the last 12 years. Me and the ex were never married and ( as stupid as it sounds) I have always let her dictate the relationship between my Son and I. With that said , I have not seen my son in over 12 years , but I have talked to him on a regular basis. Now because of family matters on her end , my son is being rebelious and she has no idea what to do with him. I agreed to let him come visit for 2 weeks and we both talked in length about it. I know that this might be considered as a verbal contract , but I hear horror storys of peoples ex's setting something like this up and then calling the police under the false pretense of " kidnapping" . I want to be trusting and take this visit at face value , but I also don't want to end up in jail. What is the best action I can take in a short time ? ( he comes to visit in 10 days)
also , this is an out of state visit. She lives in Kansas city while I live in boston. I have bought the plane tickets and sent her all the flight information.