Let me say I'm sorry for your troubles, you're not in an easy situation, and I'm in that boat with you, my 1yr old son's father has been absent since conception. He doesn't even call to see how the child is doing, yet he's sued me to establish paternity and wants full custody.
As for...
I wish I could get a lawyer, that would have definitely made it all easier. I wish I could just have dealt with the father, but that's impossible with his mother intervening. Our time together was short, I thought I did the right thing by leaving. Either way, it's sticky for all involved...
I've talked to CPS and filed a Prevention Referall, I've talked to the DCF investigator that got called out on me while I was with this guy. I've talked to family court services, legal aid, and they all say request supervised. There's lots of good dads, and great people in this world, but he's...
Basically, my son's Dad, and his attorney, feel they can justify an entire custody change, by falsly claiming that I'm mentally instable. He wants primary, juristiction, and to give me visitation, and myself pay him child support.
On the other hand, this guy truely is, schizo, bipolar, and...
Good luck to you, and be glad that bio dad really isn't around, but he'll prolly try to jam you up for moving abroad. The proof is in all your documents for costs of the medical insurance, I don't see why they wouldn't agree with you there, and why the courts just can't realize these deadbeats...
Is your child's paternal grandmother respecting your wish that the father not be left alone with the child? If so, and things are good between you two, then try not to worry. If he's threatening to file for custody, then maybe you should jump and do it first, since he's on the birth...
My son's father has Schizoaffective Bipolar Disorder, and is on SSDI for it. He doesn't work more than 6 hours a week, can't show a good track record, is an alcoholic, and has a past drug charge. What are the chance's he'll get unsupervised visitation, considering he's been absent the duration...