My friend has a 5 year old that is entering school soon. She was never married to the father, and the child lives with her, etc. She wants to tell the school not to allow any info to be sent to the father, and everything school related to be sent through her. My question is, does she have a legal right to do that? as far as i know he pays child support, something that was agreed by them. I guess he is not around or something. Just wondering!
I was raised by a single father, and i think that fathers need more rights! (deserving ones that is)
2007-08-29 05:44:23 · 8 answers · asked by MakeAmyUp! 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I should mention that her son is in a entering a special Ed's class, and he wanted him to be in a regular class, with him being taken out for services, I think that she is just worried about him wanting one thing and her another, losing site of the best intrest of there child. So she wants to make it CLEAR that the special ed's class is the best for the child. I was upset she was making a big deal over this, because like i said, i was raised by my father only. but she needs to do whats right for the baby
2007-08-29 06:05:35 · update #1
she can do it,he would have to request information and take her to court.i told my childs nursery not to give my child to his father as he was going to take him and as i am legal guardian it's my right.
2007-08-29 05:59:32 · answer #1 · answered by niki 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
In the absence of a court order providing for sole custody to the mother she cannot tell them what info to give the father or not. If he is on the birth certificate he has equal rights in absence of an order stating otherwise.
Out of curiosity, why is she hell bent on him not receiving info? If he is paying support he is at least partly a responsible parent. Also, what kind of information could he get from a school that would compromise her and her son?
If the address for correspondence is hers, she will get the info. Also, if he has limited involvment in his childs life by his own choosing, who's to say he will care about the info.
2007-08-29 12:53:01 · answer #2 · answered by elysialaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on their custody arrangement. But if the father does have a legal right to that info she would be in default of a court ordered custody agreement (which if he's paying child support, that means they do have some kind of court agreed legal arrangement). That would pave the way to the father being able to get better custodial rights.
2007-08-29 12:51:01 · answer #3 · answered by gumby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are either one of these parents really doing what's best for the child? They seem to be bent on hurting each other instead. As a single father I've seen all the things a woman can use against you. NONE of these should be allowed. I've actually been told by Oklahoma DHS that they do NOTHING for fathers. The system itself is a discriminatory one. We should tear it down and rebuild it in a proper tone of face. Since they discriminate against fathers it is already a broken system.
2007-08-29 16:21:00 · answer #4 · answered by pappyld04 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he is not around, it would not be likely that the school would send him anything. He would need to make a request. Since he is paying child support, he may have legal rights to the school information.
2007-08-29 12:52:12 · answer #5 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check with your local jurisdiction's laws, but in Indiana, if there is a legal establishment of paternity, the non-custodial parent usually has legal access to school-related information. He just can't make any decisions regarding education. Likewise, communicating with teachers, etc. might be restricted.
2007-08-29 12:52:30 · answer #6 · answered by Hoosier Daddy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If he has been declared legally to be the father, then he cannot be denied access to these records (except maybe mental health and/or counseling records).
If she is the custodial parent, she can direct that everything be sent to her. She cannot prevent copies being sent to father, if that is the school policy.
It may depend on who has legal custody of the child.
2007-08-29 12:55:25 · answer #7 · answered by stay_fan2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, she hasn't a legal leg to stand on.
It's in the best interest of the father to know what is going on. Sadly too many mothers like to use children as a weapon against the father.
2007-08-29 12:51:06 · answer #8 · answered by elmar66 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋