You might want to consider changing your signature quote, since you are advising me to do the exact opposite of what your quote states: "Be not niggardly of ... counsel ..."
And for future reference, I welcome any legal advice. Please refrain from personal advice, especially of a derrogatory...
I'm concerned for a family member. He is involved with a woman who is pregnant with another man's child. They are trying to exclude the father from the girlfriend's and the child's lives. My family member wants to put his name on the birth certificate so the father cannot gain custody later...