what rights does a unwed father have to his newborn baby?

Answer 1

He has every right to his child. You didn't conceive this baby by yourself.. You can't give up your child, without his permission. If you do not wish to keep it, the child can go to the father. You and this man will share at least 18 - 19 years together..and it's all about the child you share.
He has a right to be with his child, see his child, and hold his child.. he also has the privilege of helping support his child.. so I suggest you do what is necessary for that to happen.
Oh, he may also have the right to not allow you to move somewhere where he won't be able to be with his child.

No one thinks things out anymore, do they .

You would deny this person the right to be with his child?! Oh so wrong in so many ways!

Answer 2

An unwed father has the same rights to a baby as the mother does, IF paternity has been legally established and the birth certificate has the dads name down as the childs biological father.
If he is trying to gain full physical custody, he must file custody papers and prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the mother is unfit to care for the baby, and that it is in the best interest of the child for the courts to grant him custody.
He would also have to prove financial stability and that his home is better for the child.

If he is trying to gain visitation, he should be paying child support, although this is not always nessicary to get visitation.
He would have to go to the local friend of the court office and begin papers for visitation, they would become a rough draft and go to the mom, where she and her mediator would go over and either agree or make amendments to the orders.

If the mother marries another man and wants her husband to adopt the baby, he can not do it unless the father signs off his parental rights.

As far as child support.
The father is obligated by law to pay a certain ammount to the mother each month, he helped make the baby, he can take his share of responsability and help financially care for it.

Answer 3

From the looks of your questions it looks like you are having some issues. If a father is unwed, he would need to petition the court for rights to his child. He would need to do a legitimation and ask for custody rights, visitation rights, etc. I'm not sure what state you are in, but I think in most states a judge is not going to let a father take a newborn on any overnight visits.

Answer 4

If the guy is listed as the father on the birth certificate then he has the same rights as the mother. If the two parents go to court to set up child support payments then it will be determined at that time by a judge what custodial rights each person has and they will also set what visitation rights each person has. I hope this helps. GOOD LUCK

Answer 5

If the baby was given the unwed's father's name, then he is entitled to the same rights as if he were married to the baby's unwed mother.

Answer 6

The question is if hes a good man and desires to be a dad dosnt a child have a right to a father.

Answer 7

It really depends on the state you live in, but I know in Georgia the answer is none until paternity is established, then after one year of no contact all rights are terminated.Check your local free legal-aid office, they probably can't represent you but they can tell you the laws or at least give you information. Good Luck!

Answer 8

An unwed father has in basic terms as plenty rights to the youngster. although, I quite recommend taking the mummy to court docket and getting a court docket order. it rather is your secure practices and the mummy will could abide.

Answer 9

It depends. He has to establish paternity first. Courts only accept a statement by him before a judge or a scientific paternity test. Signing the birth certificate isn't enough.

Answer 10

If his name is on the birth certificate, he has full rights to the child. If not, then no rights without a court fight