Paternity Legal Questions and Answers
What rights does my son have to his baby daughter if he never married her mother?
My son and his girlfriend have an 8 month old baby. They lived with me since the baby has been about 3 weeks old. I was providing for all of them. They have split up and the mom and the baby left. Since they have left we have had the baby alot. The mother has been working. The mother has a history of drug use, and she cannot keep a job because she gets fired for stealing. Now t...
04/16/2007 | Category: Paternity » Parental Rig... | State: Ohio | #3129How do I terminate the parental rights of my child's father?
I live in Florida and my daughter's biological father lives in Puerto Rico. He agrees to sign away any rights he may have as a parent to my daughter. How do I go about this.
03/28/2007 | Category: Paternity » Parental Rig... | State: Florida | #2241What obligation does a biological father have if he is on the birth certificate?
If a mother of the child was with someone else (i.e., not the natural father of the child) during the months of pregnancy and 11 months after the child was born, and the child’s father did not have anything to do with the child during that time, will the father have to step in at this time? The child carries the natural father’s last name and also the natural father’s name is...
03/16/2007 | Category: Paternity » Parental Rig... | State: Pennsylvania | #1628How do I sign over rights to the father once my baby is born?
I am having a baby and I plan to sign over custody to the father at the time of birth. My parental rights were terminated on a previous child in order for the father of this baby not to have any problems with DHS. What do we need to do?
03/16/2007 | Category: Paternity » Parental Rig... | State: Oregon | #1605What are my rights at the custodial parent of my son?
I gave birth to my son in Arizona in February of 2003. I was not married to his father. In 2004, the father petitioned for paternity but failed to keep up on court visits and paperwork. I believe the case was dropped. What are my custodial rights as Josh's birth mother?
03/26/2007 | Category: Paternity » Parental Rig... | State: Arizona | #1031How do I terminate my ex-husband's parental rights for abandonment?
My daughter has requested to be adopted by her stepfather, my husband, who has been the only real father she has had since my divorce from her biological father when she was 4. We have joint custody, with standard visitation rights for him, but he has not had steady visitation since the first 3 years or so after the divorce, and has only seen her twice in the past 3 years. He h...
02/13/2007 | Category: Paternity » Parental Rig... | State: Texas | #697What type of action can I file to ensure my daughter's father can never take her?
How do I file papers to keep my daughter who has been with me all her life? Her father and I were never married. He left when she was a baby. Now she is 11 and I don't want to lose her.
02/08/2007 | Category: Paternity » Parental Rig... | State: Kansas | #500Do I have to establish paternity on my deceased daughter to settle her estate?
My daughter died unexpectedly without a will. A man is claiming to be her father and is trying to get me to settle quickly by giving him one-half of her estate. He has no proof that he is my daughter's father. Do I have to settle in this manner with him?
02/07/2007 | Category: Paternity » Parental Rig... | State: Arizona | #449How do I obtain information on why someone terminated their parental rights?
I need documentation as to why parental rights were terminated.
01/12/2007 | Category: Paternity » Parental Rig... | State: Colorado | #368How do I give up my parental rights?
How do I give up my parental rights? What forms do I need to fill out?
01/10/2007 | Category: Paternity » Parental Rig... | State: California | #307