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I'm prior military, and 30 weeks pregnant with another service members child. The father knows I'm pregnant with his kid, but I left the state we were both stationed in after I finished my time to get away from him because it finally clicked that he's not any good for me. I'm back in college studying engineering, working, and very excited to be a single mommy, but I'm so scared that the father is going to fight for custody or partial visitation. My life took a 180 the day I found out about my baby, but this guy is the last person I would want to set an example for my child. The daddy was very abusive to me , and loses his temper over the smallest things, is there any way I can prevent him from getting custody if he tries? Anything at all I can do to know he won't be in the picture?
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Go to court when ur son is born tell them that hes abusive and that you dont trust him around your child etc do it asap they eill give u full custody there and keep that with i because when he tries to fight for it they will deny him
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11346550 tn?1422519783
As long as his name isn't on the birth certificate he has no parental rights, if he gets a lawyer involved and tries to fight for his name to be put on it then he will have to pay for a dna test but even then he still won't have a lot of rights and if you say that he is abusive and you feel unsafe around him then the court will take your side, so try not to give yourself any unnecessary stress
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I don't know of all the laws but if he's willing to help that's not a problem but he shouldn't be able to take the baby who knows what the situation would turn out to be because of his short temper and the drugs I would get able lawyer if he tries anything that you know isn't safe
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If he really wanted to help raise the kid then I'd be more than happy to let him, but its more of a "well its half mine, I'm taking my baby because I can" thing with him. He's been a big part of a drug op for as long as I've known him, and like I mentioned earlier, he loses his temper over everything. We're more than 1000 miles apart, and it scares me knowing he puts all his money into drugs and alcohol, and even though I'm 30 weeks prego he hasn't offered to help with costs at all. I'm afraid he'll try to take my baby just because he can.
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If he was abusive he has no right to the baby and he shouldn't be able to be close to you if he loses his temper, do everything in your power to keep your baby safe and good luck
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To me u are being kinda selfish, he is the father of the baby , if he wants to be a father to his daughter/son he should deserve that right. There's alot of deadbeats but if hes trying give him the benefit of the doubt,
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10165853 tn?1456333837
Im pretty sure as long as he doesn't sign the birth certificate, he has no rights. But im not sure. Sorry :/
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