Can a biological father walk out of the hospital with the baby and without the mother's consent?

Question

I am terrified that the father of my baby is going to walk out of the hospital with my infant girl just because I want some alone time with her and not with him in my room because he irritates me. Unfortunately, I've known him less than a year and don't know what he is capable of. I want him to respect me and my privacy but I don't think he will. I don't have the money for a lawyer right now either.,

Answer 1

in the united states, it's virtually impossible to walk out of the hospital with a newborn baby. I've had two and have never had to worry. the hospitals have two alarms attatched to the baby that sound off all over the hospital if even tampered with! @ the second hospital I stayed with my son people had special passes for each floor. if someone with the wrong pass gets off on the nursery floor, oh boy! ..they're in for a greeting!! ...I'm sure your baby will be pretty safe. ..but don't take my word for it, speak with the staff. let them know if you have suspisions even. the nurses are always there to help.

Answer 2

Your baby will either be with you or in the nursery. The nursery will NOT allow anyone to take your baby out unless they have been issued a wrist band that matches the hospital band your baby has. The nurses should check your wrist band everytime they bring you your baby to make sure it matches. I would alert the staff that you are worried about that. But I also wonder how fair it is to your child (not to mention the father) if you are not allowing them to be together. This is not just your child. If his daddy wants to be a part of his life then you are out of line to not allow that. Grow up. You have a child, you will have to do some difficult things to make sure your child gets the best....even if something "irritates" you.

Answer 3

Boy, I don't envy your situation. You don't know him well enough to know what he's capable of, yet you have a baby together. You should inform the nurses at the hospital of the situation, and where I live there is a monitoring device around the newborn's ankle, and an alarm will go off if the baby leaves the maternity ward before being discharged no matter who has the baby.

Answer 4

I am the father of an unwanted child-she lied to me and got pregnant-by telling me I needed to trust her-1 month later WE were pregnant and a month after that she had a new boyfriend that was telling me that he was going to marry her and I would have to pay the child support-The laws have got to change and the conception of a child has to become a 2 party contract that if the guy wants out he can say so-any contract where one party lies the other is awarded damages. In my case he told her to tell the CPS that I was abusive and alcoholic and when we went to custody court I was told by the court that I would have to undergo psychological examination and urinalysis test for six month for the detection of alcohol if I wanted to see my son-I did all of this and after 6 months they wanted another six-I refused and signed the adoption papers-her new boyfriend beat her and threw her in jail and she was evicted onto the streets-I came to my sons mothers rescue and found myself arrested because she had placed a restraining order on me by his advice and so was evicted and lost everything to the courts-she would give our son up to adoption-sad but true-I am now 4 years with a DV record and she is history-never want to see her again-but one day my son will grow up and I will be there when he comes looking-so why do I tell you this-because YOU are protected by the law until he goes to court as well-like I did-only I told the truth and lost everything-IF YOU GIRLS WANT TO HAVE OUR BABIES then be fair about it-do not think for a moment that he doesn't Love the child-only remember that the baby will become an adult and will know the truth one day and you sure don't want that child thinking you did something to keep them from the other parent!

Answer 5

NO! Let the nurses know, let the nurse manager know, have them contact security.
At most hospitals in the U.S. babies have a "alarm" system on differant areas of their tags, clothing etc......
At our local hospitals, any infant passing into the elevator doors with this system will shut the hospital down like a bank vault.

MAKE sure security knows.

When your admitted also ask for your information to be kept private, in other words, people can call the hospital looking for you, but they cannot and will not tell them you are there or transfer their phone calls to you. Ask that you be put on "NO INFO status.

Answer 6

you can tell the staff that you want privacy while you are at the hospital and noone is to visit , or just a few people on a list is allowed to ask info about your and your babies well being or to visit .
no he can not walk out of the hospital with your baby . hospitals are being tighter and tighter with security measures to prevent stolen babies . my last 3 kids had a security alarm thing attaced to their ambilical cord stumps kinda like the things stores use that go off when someone takes merchandise out of the store .
i would clarify to the hospital staff that he is not allowed info or to visit if you fear this . let them know he stresses you out and how you feel about it .
althought nothing is 100% the hospitals do take extra measures to ensure a baby or mom is safe .
also if this helps you also . when you leave the hospital staff will wheel you to your vehicle and you will have your baby in hand when you leave so bring a car seat they wouldnt let my husband [now ex] carry my kids out .

Answer 7

Nope, not without a court order. The baby automatically is in custody of the mother. In case the hospital isn't careful, keep that little girl with you. Then there will be no question. GET RID OF THE IDIOT. You will both be better off.

Answer 8

Now days the baby has a band on it that has a device on it that will set off the alarm if the baby is taken to far away from the nursery. When you go to have the baby you need to warn the nurses about your situation and they will take care of it.

Answer 9

You can warn the hospital, and they can charge him with endangering a child. Is the father's name on the birth certificate? If it's not, you can tell the hospital not to allow him to see the baby.

Answer 10

Well they never let a baby out of the hospital right away. They have to stay overnight or two nights for observation. During observation, several tests are run to see if they are healthy, and if they have any allergies, or illnesses, etc.