Punative Father on birth certificate. . .?

Question

I have a serious problem and limited financial funds. My daughter is in the process of being extradited from Arizona back to Florida for drug related crimes.
I have been raisng her 10 year daughter for the last 2 years with "weak" legal authorization.
Before she fled to Arizona about a month ago, she took my grand daughter with her. The child is now with the mother staying at the childs fathers house.
He is a twice convicted felon and a Crystal Meth user, just hasn't been caught with the drugs. He is on the birth certificate as the childs father, but was never acknowledge in the courts as her father. He has never paid any child support or shown interest in this child.
If I need to go and get my grand daughter in Arizona "if" Florida really brings my daughter back, can HE stop me legally?
He has zero money to hire an Attorney, therfore it will only be verbal threats at me.
ONE more thing, is he considered a Puntative father if his name is on the birth certificate?

Answer 1

A Putative father has tehcnically no rights over a child because he is not registered on the birth certificate. Thus, the mother or her parents have the legal right to have custody of the child.