If a couple aren’t married does the mother get full custody of the children?
But, what if the biological father’s name is on the birth certificate?

The man forfeits his parental rights when he has sex with a woman, not his wife. He must hire an attorney to petition the courts to reestablish his rights. She has sole custody and control. It’s a glass ceiling thing, only the men are relegated to the subbasement with no stairs to climb.
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The mother is 17 and the father is 20.
Who has custody, and is the mother allowed to move out of state with out the permission of the father?

You can not move out of the state that the child was born under any circumstances wheter or not you have fully custody or not even if the father isn’t on the birth certificate. You have to have permission from the other parent as well.

I did not know the child was alive for some time. The mother appears to have given up custody to her sister. I cannot get any information from CSEA and the sister will not correspond with me. I want my child and would like to have him with me since he is not with his mother. what can I do?

Yes, but it should be on both of you. As for you, go for custody.
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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Single_Fathers-What_are_their_rights_to_the_child
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I’m about to have a baby, the father however left me 4 mths ago and said he wanted nothing to do with the child, there have been no girls born into his family for the past 85 yrs.. i found out i was having a girl, now his mother wants custody of the child. is there anything i can do to stop this from happening right away, and can anyone tell me my rights aswell as his rights?

Relax a bit. Unless you are unfit there is no court in this world that will just give her your baby. Unless you use drugs, abuse alcohol, live in a sty, emotionally abuse the child, physically abuse the child, neglect the child, or sexually abuse the child… she is just blowing smoke up someone’s patooty.

Go to your family and ask them for financial assistance to hire an attorney. File for child support, primary custody (allowing him some visitation) and have your attorney respond to anything her attorney sends.

Do not argue with her. And she will try to bait you. Or argue with him. Speak only to him and only about the child. Let your voicemail or answering machine pick up her calls. Hang up if he argues with you and do not answer the door to him or her at this point. Listen to your attorney. And live your life and raise your child.

Do not allow her to visit the child until you have custody on paper. She has no rights to your child. Do not give her a chance to take off with your child.

As for the father’s rights, if he wants nothing to do with the child have your attorney send him the paperwork to sign off all rights. This means you get no money but also means you never have to deal with him again. And once he is out of your life, she will eventually follow. If he chooses not to give up parental rights, he does have the right to visit/and or shared custody with his child if the judge allows. Wait for the judge to rule. And, mind what you do. NO going out, partying, dating, sex, arguing, drugs, drinking, anything that can be viewed as irresponsible. Just work, parent and live your life and they have nothing to use against you.

I’m just wondering if a birth mother could regain custody of a child she gave up for adoption?

And no, It’s not me, I don’t even have kids it’s just hypothetical.

No, she can not. Adoption laws are built to protect and insulate the adoptive parents from the regrets of the birth mother or sperm donor.

The mother is taking the child to Mexico for a vacation in late march and the father is worried she won’t bring her back. If we get her served for half custody, can she still leave the country?
Currently the father has no rights.
so she can take her without his permission?

and can he take her without her permission?

of course she can…..so can he..

If the father of a child is no longer alive, but he left behind his estates and wealth for the child. The mother of the child was ex-wife of the father. can she get custody of her by law and lives to take advantage of her.

Not unless she lost her rights to her child. If not, as the mother she is the only one who has rights to their daughter. Now, if the father left his estate and money for the child he would have needed to assign someone who handles everything, if he has no parents to fight this then the mother of his child would be able to go to court to petition for this right to use the money etc. At the very least a relative can ask that the money be held in a bond till the child reaches a certain age like 18, 21, or 25 etc. and that no one can touch the money without court approval. If he has property they can ask that it be sold off and the remaining money be also put in bond for the child.

My mother is trying to get custody of my child and me and my ex husband have joint custody. My mother feels im unfit yet my mother and stepfather are smoke weed and drink alchol. My mother is going to try to throw fast balls at me. For example she is going to say that i drink and drive and i leave my house a mess. I m not going to lie i have dishes not done but the biggest thing is i dont have a job at the moment. Do you think that i have a high chance of losing my son.

Actually this day in age a court doesn’t lean to the mother at all. My father was out of work but made all the efforts he had to provide for me and got full custody against my mother. Your mother has a huge burden of proof. Dishes not done is nothing. Unfit means you cannot provide any basics to the child, (food, shelter, etc.). As long as your doing that and your son is happy or seems happy to the judge and mediator, case closed.

what do you do if you have joint legal custody and mother up and left for 9 months. later to return. and decides she wants to return to her visitations but because she was not her to help make decisions in the education of the children, and now the children are in school. and her visitations are saturday-wednesday but she does not want to take the kids to school because it is to far of distance from where she lives? what can you do so that it is not to interrupt there education?

Regardless of where the mother went and for how long, if she has legal court orders stating what day(s) she is allowed to have the children, then she gets to have the children. Unfortunately, there’s nothing that you can immediately do to prevent that.

When she has the children, it is her responsibility to ensure that they are cared for. This includes receiving an education. If she fails to ensure that the children go to school, then she can be criminally charged for that.

Your best bet is to talk to your lawyer about the situation you are now finding yourself in.

In the State of Georgia, if a mothers loses custody of her children to her parents and father of the children (the grand parents and father share custody) can she still legally live in the same home that her parents and children live in full time?

Unless there is a restraining order on her then Yes.