Can the dad take the baby.hes never been around
My daughter is 91/2 months pregnant . The babies father has not been around since she was 4 months pregnant. He quit his job and went back to college full time when she was 7 months pregnant to avaoid paying child support. He has said he wants nothing to do with this baby. Now that the baby is almost here he says he wants to be around. He has made no attempt to provide anything for this baby my daughter has done it all with a little help from my husband and I. She told him he is welcome to come and see the baby pretty much as often as he wants as long as he provides her with some sort of support. (no set amount). The problem besides all of this that we are having is he wants his mother to be a ta the hospital when the baby is born (her and my daughter do not get along ) (she wanted my daughter to terminate the pregnancy)... My daughter said she didn't want her there now he is saying how selfish my daughter is being and is threatening to take her to court to get visitation (this is turning into a mess)... my question is seeing he is not going on the birth certifiacte and my granddaughter will have my daughters last name and he hasn't been there at all what can he really do seeing my daughter already told him he could visit the child whenever? Will the court look at his history of never being there,quitting his job,and not wanting this baby at all? Or is my daughter going to have to suffer through him taking her whenever he feels like it? Please tell us what to do our whole family is so stressed over this. Thank you for your time and God Bless you and yours.
Kim