It looks as though many on here aren’t abreast of the laws. Whether or not Levi pays child support, he is entitled to see his child. Legally, unless he is endangering the child, she can’t withhold visitation rights.
And, I just love the judgmental attitudes of some on this forum about Sarah and Todd being responsible for Bristol’s pregnancy, as though they are bad parents. Kids can skip school and end up in the back seat of cars. How is this the parent’s fault? Some are so ignorant and judgmental.
But that's not what happened here, unless Sarah was lying through her teeth when she talked to the media about it. Her story was that she certainly knew Bristol and Levi had been dating, and had been planning to get married even before the pregnancy came along. Since everybody else in Wasilla seems to have known that Levi was a druggie party animal and that his mother was a dealer, either Ma and Pa Palin knew and didn't care, or they had their heads in the sand. If I'd gotten involved with a guy like that while I was in high school, my parents would have escorted me to school eavery morning and been waiting there to pick me up immediately when classes let out, and kept me under close supervision 24/7. They would also have talked to the school officials and made sure I wasn't in any classes with the scummy boy, and if at all possible, would have gotten me out of the school and sent me elsewhere (as the Palins apparently did with their eldest son, who from all reports was pretty much the same sort of young man as Levi).
I know the laws, but the law and practical reality are two different things. Father who aren’t paying tend to make themselves scarce. And if they’ve been ordered by a court to make payments and simply refuse, they can end up in jail, and I don’t think courts generally order custodial mothers to bring their kids to visit their deadbeat dads in jail.