My boyfriend has 2 daughters to his ex partner, they were never married but he is named on their birth certificates and has them to stay with us every week. His ex claims she is their legal guardian and regularly prevents him seeing his children because she says she has the power to do so as their legal guardian. The children do live with her but it has never been to court, what rights does my boyfriend have to his children they were born in 2004 and 2005.

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Originally Posted by dawn.peters

my boyfriend has 2 daughters to his ex partner, they were never married but he is named on their birth certificates and has them to stay with us every week. His ex claims she is their legal guardian and regularly prevents him seeing his children because she says she has the power to do so as their legal guardian. The children do live with her but it has never been to court, what rights does my boyfriend have to his children they were born in 2004 and 2005.

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In the absence of a custody order, both parents have full parental rights.

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Originally Posted by AK lawyer

In the absence of a custody order, both parents have full parental rights.

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Would you please explain what you mean by full parental rights in this situation?

It was my understanding that the "live with" parent has all the rights until the other parent gets an order to exercise his/her rights.

I just saw this in Family Court in NY.

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Originally Posted by dawn.peters

what rights does my boyfriend have to his children they were born in 2004 and 2005.

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Hello dawn:

Your boyfriend has as many rights as ANY father, married or not. He simply needs to go to family court to SECURE them.

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