I need to know anything about child abandonment in the state of North Carolina. If you have any info regarding this, let me know please! My daughter is 3 now and her father hasn't seen her since she was 4 months old. We have never went to family court so he does not pay child support, he doesn't see her, and there has never been custody hearings or anything like that, but I have had her in my custody since day one. We got divorced but didn't include her in the divorce. I have no one to adopt her at this time, but maybe in the future. What I want is for him not to get her if I die in the near future. He chose drugs over her and is not mentally stable to have her in his custody. He has also threatened that if he got her he would take her across the state line and be gone with her for good. So if you could help the least little bit I would appreciate it. Can I have his rights taken away?