I have a niece who is five years old now. My niece was abandoned by her mother (unmarried to my brother) almost five years ago now and left my brother to take care of her child alone. Since then I have been helping my brother financially to raise her child. Now the mother would like to see her daughter after leaving her for five years and would want to take the sole custody of my niece.

Did he ever establish parental rights and custody of the child through the courts? If no, under US law he has no presumed rights to the child and she can come take the child away at any time. She already has presumed sole custody and control of the child.

Without more info on this, I cannot say what specific rights she has. Him or you need to join Dads House to give more explanation, along with the state he lives in.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dads_House_Ed_Ctr/

I am 16 years old with divorced parents who have joint physical and legal custody. My father is emotionally abusive towards me but refuses to let my mother have sole custody. What are my rights and what are the steps towards getting sole physical custody for my mother, but leaving the joint legal custody alone? Do I have any rights in court at all?

I do believe at 16 you’re allowed to chose where you live unless your mother did something completely absurd that has left her deemed unfit to be a mother.

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My ex-wife and I have 2 kids. She has physical custody but we have joint custody. Her husband of a couple months just got in an accident and lost both his legs. In such a tragic event, she will be in the hospitals all the time, I want the kids to come live with me for a short while during this event.
Although it is a tragic event, to me it seems to be the textbook time for me to step in and perform my rights as a father to take them in. She is going to a different state where the treatment will be done. She refuses to let me take them to my home which is also in another state, she would rather put them into daycare in the area around the hospital.

She is accusing me of not being sensitive to the situation, and that the guy who has known my kids for a couple months NEEDS them to heal (although his own kid from a different relationship will be there also). Give it to me real people, my divorce decree is so generic, what rights do I have?
My kids are 3 years old and 1 year old

you have every right to go to the courts just based on the fact that this is a legal issue > a moral one, & you both disagree..the problem is, is that by the time the courts even give you the time of day for a hearing on the issue, he will probably be out of the hospital & @ home…you need to sincerely talk to your ex about this..she is not willing to give them up because she knows she will not get them back..IF you are sincere, then put this more on the fact that this will allow her to let up on her obligations for a little bit, & make sure that the kids keep in pretty good contact with both her & her husband…honestly, if you can just act like a human being, ya may just get what you want..ya go in threatening, then you’re gonna get hesitation…even though it sounds like a great plan, you need to be trusted (sorta hard for her to trust you right now, I’m sure),,play the part, stick to the part & your future with your kids wil be great..& so, your kids will turn out great..but play dissension, the kids will be the one’s paying..again, legally, you can go to court with this, but overall, you both should behave like adults & keep the kids out of this court mess….you should also look @ what you are doing, how it plays in the future, & don’t go back on your word about sending them back to mom’s when it’s time…no matter what you may believe @ that time…again, she’s not being easy about this cuz she knows if she hands the kids over, she will have to fight to get them back..& after all the commotion that she’s going through right now, you shouldn’t bring her through that later..again, it comes back to trust, cuz by letting daycare take care of them, she knows @ the end of the day, she’s not gonna lose her kids…

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What are my Rights as a primary care giver Dad.
Your Question
What are my Rights as a Father?
Me and my girl friend are splitting. We have daughter together. 4 yrs. We share all living expenses. She works double the hours that I do. She does not spend much time with baby,. She opts. to go to work on off days and stays late most days even though she is salary. I am primary caregiver of child. I revolve my work schedule around my baby. I wake her in the morning, feed her, change and dress her. I drop her off at the sitter( my mother who is licensed child care provider and infant degree)
I work then take lunch and spend that hour with my baby so to help my mothers schedule. After work I pick baby up and bring her home. The childs mother usually gets home 8 pm or later. She leaves 6 am. when she gets home she spends little time with my baby. I have her with me and put her to bed. Babies mother all of a sudden wants to move out and take my baby out of state. What are my rights and chances to prevent this and obtain primary custody. We are not married but I am on Birth certificate. And havre been there since day one.

You’re posting from the US version of the Y!A site, so I’ll assume you’re based there. I don’t know an awful lot about US family law, but I’ll give you my opinion based on English law. (But IANAL and TINLA!)

In English law the courts differentiate between parental responsibility (people who can make parental decisions for the child), custody (people who are expected to look after the child), residence (the main place the child lives) and contact. In your case, I’d expect an English court to award joint custody. Theoretically they’d award you residence, but a lot of judges still seem prejudiced against parents who happen to have penises.