What are my husband's rights to the child he has fathered outside our marriage?

05/15/2007 - Category:Paternity - Parental Rights - State: TX #4777

Full Question:

My ex-husband got involved with another woman during our marriage which led to our divorce. The woman is unfortunately unbalanced and got pregnant to trap him into marriage. He is not going to marry her, so she has threatened to move to Louisiana, to get help from her ex-husband. She already has five children, four who are minors. I want to know what my ex-husbands rights are involving the unborn child and how he can take steps to insure that he gets access to his child. Can the mother move away, and can he legally stop her from moving? Once she moves, how does he gain joint custody of the child? Her ex-husband is threatening to keep the child from him.

Answer:

No, he can't prevent her from moving without a court order preventing her from moving his child out of state without his consent.

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05/15/2007 - Category: Parental Rights - State: TX #4777

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