Rights of the father

[raaychel]

Do fathers always have right to there child no matter what? My sons dad is a dead beat and it's so sad that he's trying to hold my son over my head to get back at me because I don't wanna be with him
He can see his son but he wants to see him all the time why when he's barely supporting him so now he's trying to take me to court I don't want my son with him unless supervised because he's such a liar I'm nervous for my son to be with him alone
Him and his family physically fight and drink infront on his nieces and nephews and his own daughter he posts on FB pics of him drinking and getting high smh

[mommiKat]

You have to look into your state's right.  Here in Florida, my hubby has a son from a previos relationship & he is on the birth certificate & an officer told him he had no rights to his son because he & the mother do not live together & havent established a relationship/schedule for the child. So she has took him away out of state and its been a year since we ve seen him. (Jealous of our family) so he has to take her to court.

[thenewmrs_b]

I agree with katyrb my friend had this issue with her baby's father and he took her to court and the judge laughed at him because he doesn't have a stable home, no job and is with a drug addict that has lost both of her children... he got daily visits with supervision or a choice to see his daughter with my friend... especially at a young age and him having no support and my friends proof she saved up to show the judge how irresponsible he is there was no way he got anything

[ash060115]

I don't know your laws but here in Ireland only fathers who are married to the mother at the birth have automatic rights.
Dads who ain't married must apply through court to ask for rights to their child such as
Access - gaurdianship - custody

And if mommy has good reason to say no he must prove himself first

And in Ireland being on the birth certificate dosent give you any rights either

[katyrb]

No, they dont! Document everything you can that would show a judge that he is not fit to have custody. Save incriminating Facebook pictures, texts conversations, etc.

[kaykay2k13]

I talked to a layer about my child's father he isn't on the birth certificate and he doesn't help out any, he goes out drinks smokes weed and stay up all night long and sleeps all day long therefore, he has never had a job and he's about to be 22 years old and lives in the basement with him mom in a apartment that only has two rooms one for the bathroom and the other for the rest, and he told Mr he was gonna have HIS child, but he was wrong bad.  The lawyer told me that if he wasn't on the birth certificate, didn't pay child support, and there hasn't been a DNA test then there's nothing he can do that he means nothing to him according to laws.  It may be different if you live in another state idk tho, I live in ms.  

[firsttimer2014]

You can leave his name off the birth certificate and then he jas to pay for a dna test to prove he is the dad if he wants any rights.... just keep track of every thing you buy vs. What he buys. Save any rude or threatening text messages.... keep a journal of anything he says that is harassing and so on the more proof you have the better your chances at getting full custody

[taylorshay13]

I dont think they have rights if they arent on the birth certificate or something.  I can be totally wrong, since I have no idea how this works. But if it comes down to it, fight for your baby. my babys fathet thinks he can threaten me with court and stuff, but here I am a working 18 year old who has provided for my son since day one, and there he is, left a long time ago, gets paid less than minimum wage since its the family job and hes a **** up, 24 years old sleeping on the floor of his brothers house, and abusing drugs.  now, I swear, I didnt plan on having a child with someone whos so ****** up.  but my son is exactly that. MY son. until he gets his life in tact, I dont want him around my son. its MY fault for giving my son a piece of crap for a father.  but I'm one hell of a mother to my son and plan on only getting better. You have to do what YOU think is best. trust yourself mama