When my daughter's father and I separated, she was about 4 months old, and he moved from here (Texas) to Nevada. (we weren't married.) His name is on her birth certificate, but he doesn't have an active part in her life, only visits her every once in awhile. She'll be 2 in December, and he's only come to visit her twice since he moved out of the state. I do not collect child support, when he first left, he'd send me a little money every once in awhile when he had it, but he hasn't sent anything in over a year. I don't want the father to not be able to visit, I just want him to not have any parental rights to her. A very good friend of mine had a similar situation with her son, and after 2 years of the father saying he didn't want to be involved, he recently got married, and now he's trying to take the boy away from his mother. I just don't want the same thing to happen with my daughter. Any advice?
2006-10-13 03:33:00 · 8 answers · asked by LoriBeth 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
1st thing you need to do is get an order of child support inforced against him - i know you hate to do it - but you really need to - then you get him in court and tell your story.. the judge will award you custody of your child, and visitation will be arranged for the father... i would not take any chances of him coming around 5 yrs from now and deciding your a bad parent and he could do better (or a new wife could) that is your baby... and do all you can to protect it now
2006-10-13 03:41:58 · answer #1 · answered by beachnut222000 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i've been through this. statutes vary state to state. where i live it's 2 years, with no contact.....sporadic visits count. child support and visitation are 2 separate issues. contact an attorney. if he didn't notify the court of his move, that's contempt. thank God my ex signed to waive his parental rights! go to wwwfindlaw.com
good luck! BTW....if you were never married, make sure you look up JUVENILE ABANDONMENT!
2006-10-13 03:51:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He has to sign his parental rights away. Him not being around or not paying child support does not prohibit him from his natural rights.
2006-10-13 04:00:18 · answer #3 · answered by JC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may have to file a parental right termination.....The only requirement is you would have to supply his last known address..so he has a chance to contest it.....if he does not show up for any court dates....he loses by default.
2006-10-13 03:42:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oklahoma its 12 months but every state is different.
2006-10-13 03:44:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get an attorney and file as soon as possible.
2006-10-13 03:35:21 · answer #6 · answered by rizzlejizzle16 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
once you're nevertheless married and considered one of two issues is (probable) genuine: There are at the instant no orders in place. if that's the case, your husband is thoroughly entitled to work out his daughter, and you're probable in basic terms going to reason worry for your self in attempting to intrude with this. interior the absence of any orders, you're equals as mothers and dads and he's in simple terms as entitled to work out her as you're. If there's a momentary order already in place, he's entitled to even if is interior the momentary order. it quite is common (in each jurisdiction i'm conscious of) for there to be momentary orders in place mutually as everlasting custody is negotiated (or, if mandatory, imposed). the style of momentary order will in lots of cases look very very comparable to your everlasting custody affiliation, the courts comprehend that -something- must be executed top away, even if if the formal divorce drags on for years. That stated, keep a pair issues in innovations. in maximum cases, a prior loss of attempt would not in any way inevitably lessen his parental rights on the instant. The courts know that an in contact father is finally on your daughter's appropriate interest. additionally, your accusation of "irresponsibility" needs to be substantiated. The court docket knows which you probable do in contrast to a minimum of one yet another, or you will not be getting divorced. Unsubstantiated he stated/she stated character assassination gets little or no traction in front of a pro kin regulation decide. in case you have a valid reason to not enable your daughter spend time along with her father, you opt for a respectable criminal professional and you're able to desire to bypass into those preliminary listening to waiting to make your case. (at the instant, my ex-spouse's in one day visitations nevertheless could desire to be supervised.) in any different case, what you're able to desire to concentration on is getting an affiliation that's stable to your daughter and nevertheless works for you. It quite does sound like he's in simple terms being a jerk and utilising your daughter as the thank you to get lower back at you, and for that I wish you all of the appropriate. yet, your appropriate way by using that's again in the time of because of the fact the in charge and lifelike parent. Letting him get under your pores and skin would not in simple terms make you depressing now, it additionally undermines your case interior the long-term. (there isn't something his criminal professional could like greater effectual than which you will have some form of emotional meltdown in front of the decide.)
2016-11-28 03:30:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
file for support, DMV will take his liscense away if he doesnt pay
2006-10-13 03:39:19 · answer #8 · answered by Mary Jane 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋