I am the single mother of a 4 year old. Her biological father has never attempted to establish paternity or be a part of her life. Also, his name is not on her birth certificate. He came to visit her only about six times her whole life. This was before she was eighteen months old. He has given me a total of about $600 over her lifetime. The last time I recieved anything from him was over a year ago. I haven't heard from him since November of 2005. I have allowed my daughter to visit his father every weekend since she was eighteen months old. He has made no attempt to visit her while she is there. His mother has seen her sporatically since she was six months old. I began letting her go and visit her around the time my child turned 2. He has seen her occasionally while she was at his mothers, but not in a fatherly role. My child is not even sure of his name. He makes no attempt to have her call me Daddy. He has never tried to establish any parental relationship with her. I want to know if he can come now and try and get rights to her or visitation with her.
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Yes he can. He is still her dad, an the courts are probably not going to block him from seeing his dauughter.
Paternity will likely have to be established. you have a good case to request supervised visitation. Since he is taking you to court for visitation, you might as well file for child support.
Regardlessof how you feel about him, heis still her father. You really should encourage a relationship and set up some visitation plan that is fair to all parties.
Paternity will likely have to be established. you have a good case to request supervised visitation. Since he is taking you to court for visitation, you might as well file for child support.
Regardlessof how you feel about him, heis still her father. You really should encourage a relationship and set up some visitation plan that is fair to all parties.
I did have visitation set up on a weekly basis. He came once or twice and then disappeared. This was when she was eight months old. I did not hear from him again until the fall when she was 2 1/2. He called one night, and then disappeared again. I have not heard from him since. I do not know if he will try and get visitation or rights to her. She goes once a week to his father's house and has since she was eighteen months old. His father has informed me that he has never even attempted to see her when she was there. I don't know if he will try and get any rights or visitation. I just want to know if this is abandonment. I don't have any ill feelings. I just want to know if I can file abandoment at this point or terminate his rights.
You cannot file abandonment if paternity was never established, and there is no child support order. He is not the legal father, so there is no legal child to abandon.
Also, unless you are remarried and your husband is willing to adopt, forget about terminating rights.
You had a child with a deadbeat. The courts are not going to likely strip him of his parental rights.
If there is a child support order and a set visitation schedule set up, perhaps dad will get more involved.
Also, unless you are remarried and your husband is willing to adopt, forget about terminating rights.
You had a child with a deadbeat. The courts are not going to likely strip him of his parental rights.
If there is a child support order and a set visitation schedule set up, perhaps dad will get more involved.
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