Ask Me Help Desk - What are his right

:confused: I have a 19 year old son that what's his right to his little girl. She is 2 years old .him and his x girlfriend dated from 13 years old they are both 19 now she got pregnant in grade 12 up to this point they were always together but separated in last 2 mouths of her pregnancy and he was told he will never see his little girl. He was allowed in to see her in hospital after see was born he went up to see her but has not seen her since then. The family accepted gifts on birthday and Xmas but was told this is last time she will accept the gift. She wants no more from this side of family no contact... we do not no if he was listed as father on birth certificate. He offered her money to help out but was told no .we have no contact since she was born. How can he get his rights after this long? This is killing him not to see her. He did try to commit suicide right before she was born thank god it did not work. But he was scared he lose in court because of this . He is now going to go see lawyer to see what he can do.:confused:

The first step is to get a lawyer and find out how to petition the mother for a DNA test to prove he is the father. Laws vary by location, but in general... it all comes down to DNA now not if his name is on the birth certificate.

She can not keep him from his daughter. He just needs to get a lawyer and take her to court to get visitation. When the court orders visitation, she can be fined or jailed for keeping his daughter from him. Just get a lawyer ASAP. The longer you wait, the harder it will be on his daughter and the worse he will look in the judge's eyes. The judge will probably want to know why he has been absent from her life.

If he is her father, he has rights. She doesn't get to keep their daughter from him just because she wants to. Don't believe a word she says when it comes to that. Judges don't look kindly on parents that keep their children from the other parent just because they want to. It's called Parental Alienation Syndrome and in some cases is grounds for losing custody.

He needs to get this taken care of ASAP. Custody matters can take a long time to resolve. We battled for 2 years before we finally got somewhere.

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Originally Posted by mnb

:confused: i have a 19 year old son that whats his right to his little girl. she is 2 years old .him and his x girlfriend dated from 13 years old they are both 19 now she got pregnant in grade 12 up to this point they were always together but separated in last 2 mouths of of her pregnancy and he was told he will never see his little girl. he was allowed in to see her in hospital after see was born he went up to see her but has not seen her since then. the family accepted gifts on birthday and Xmas but was told this is last time she will accept the gift. she wants no more from this side of family no contact... we do not no if he was listed as father on birth certificate. he offered her money to help out but was told no .we have no contact since she was born. how can he get his rights after this long? this is killing him not to see her. he did try to commit suicide right before she was born thank god it did not work. but he was scared he lose in court because of this . he is now going to go see lawyer to see what he can do.:confused:

He can go to Family Court, without an Attorney, and they will talk you through the paperwork or you can get an Attorney.

If the suicide attempt is known I'm sure the mother will try to use that against him which might result in him having supervised visitation only -

I'm sure the Attorney and Court will want DNA to make sure this really is his child.

And ontop of everything else tell your son that he has to be prepared to pay child support as the courts set it and not to complain about it in front of the judge when he goes. Also when working out an agreement it can be cheaper to use mediation instead of lawyers if both parties agree. Both parties still have lawyers but they participate in the agreement rather then either side forcing the issues.