Does anyone know if a father who has a criminal record can get any custody?

Question

If a guy who has never had anytime rights to his son and has a criminal record after he became a father who now wants to have some custody have any rights? He does have past drug charges and served time. He still has acase ongoing now that he was a fugitive but he was locked up at the time. He also has violent charges he did time for. The only report I ever filed on him was for stealing my car but I never called police when he hit me. He lives in Va I live In IN and I am not paying money for my son to go to visit him. He also lives with a jealous gf and he said that she didn't like hearing himtalk about his son so i takt that as a hostile environment and he won't go near her.
Does anyone know about custody lasw or where I can get more info online. I am researching books before I get an atty or file for support (he never gave support either but can afford to put somebody up in his new apt.).
Please help

Answer 1

If he is still the "father" of the child he will still have a right to see the child but the court will not let him have custody of the child - they typically side with the Mothers on this and with his background the Mother shouldn't have any trouble.

Answer 2

As long as he has never done anything to the child then he has all the right in the world to go for custody.His past charges r the past as well as the 1 pending will most likely get thrown out since he can prove he wasn't running that he was in jail.He has done time for his charges and as long as he has none now then he can.As far as money u have to go after him or if he decides about custody most likely it will b every other wk visits.Unless he can prove that he would b better for the child financially,emotionally etc..and that he has turned his life around.U might want to start off by offering for him to visit in your home so u start with supervised visits n get to know his g/f until u feel comfortable enough to allow him alone with the child.Everyone has some kind of past and people that go to jail have done there time and r not penalized a second time in any way unless proven to b unfit .Hope it all works out for u n don't forget the 1 person that is in the middle of this and thats your child who 1 day will see there father with or without u n can b angry at u for not allowing her or him to see the dad cuz of how u feel about him.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

You can go can tpye in VA parental Laws on Google Advance. That should help. if your ex is locked up then, No. Likewise I think that in a court ruling, he would get to see your son a day or two. or every few weeks/months. There is a very slight chance for custody. Police reports that have been filed about violence would never help in ruling. He can't NOT see the kid but he can't HAVE him either. Sometimes if the child is old enough then he can say who he wants to live with. I hope this has helped, and may GOD me with you and your child.

Answer 5

Any good lawyer or fair judge can deny this man and his step mother visitation . From the sounds of the environment there , visitation should require supervision , at the least . I am all for fathers rights , however this guy sounds like a loser and hardly a role model for your son . try to keep him away at all costs . In time he will see hm for what he is .

Answer 6

Criminal Records Search Database : http://www.SearchVerifyInfos.com/Info

Answer 7

More than likely he won't be able to gt custody although he can be given visitation rights. (Go figure, that's our justice system for you) Your best bet is to contact a child custody attorney. If you can't afford one, check with your local Dept of Social Services and they can put in contact with an attorney. Good luck.

Answer 8

The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdictional Act can provide you with a miriad of answers to your questions!

Best wishes!

Answer 9

With his history, and a pending case, he has no chance of custody. As for visitation, you can demand that he only visits the child in your presence. If you feel its too dangerous for that, tell you attorney, and they may negate the visitation altogether. In a case like this no father is much better than this one.

Answer 10

laws are different for every state but if he is not a danger to the child then they will not deny him visitation without good reason. you may be able to request supervised visitation rights, where someone appointed by the court will have to be present during his visits to make sure the best interests of the child are being considered. you do not have to pay the cost for him to go visit his dad, that is a cost his father should cover if it is worth it for him to see his son. but if you really fear for your childs safety you need to take this issue to court