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joe27 · Sep 28, 2010, 07:53 AM

Can my husband have rights or get rights over my daughter without him adopting her, she has never seen her dad or even spoken to him, but I'm not 100per cent sure who her real dad is. Is there a time limit you have to be with partner for him to have rights?

joypulv · Sep 28, 2010, 08:12 AM

Laws vary by state. Also is a father on her birth certificate?
I would start on your state.gov site or the nearest courthouse family court clerk for basic info.

toffee_apple87 · Sep 28, 2010, 08:52 AM

I think it depends on the age of your child, how log it has been since you last seen the father and if you know where he is or not my friend has just done this and because she had not had contact with her daughters dad for 7 years no phonecalls visits or anything - he was classed as I think estranged my mate didn't have no clue of his address or phone number so it was approved not sure about her birth certificate details though.

joe27 · Sep 28, 2010, 09:01 AM

She is 12 years old never had any contact at all with her father only 3 days when she was born, he is on her birth certificate, but as I said I was not 100 per cent he was dad anyway, my daughter dose not want any contact or even no him, she loves my husband as her dad, but I just want to no if he can have joint rights over her instead of going through adoption.

joypulv · Sep 28, 2010, 09:26 AM

A birth father whether true or not stated on the birth record will have an effect on the answers you get, unless you can find him and have a paternity test. You won't get all the answers you need here because there are too many factors.
You say on the other post that you want to leave your husband - if this is urgent, start by calling your local courthouse! And didn't you say IF your husband agrees? Implying that you haven't even talked about this with him?? I hope you aren't planning to run off with some guy - of course your husband can go after you with legal guns blazing, charging you with abandoning YOUR child. If you want to run away a criminal and probably never be allowed to see your daughter again, go ahead. And stop dreaming that he can just take over without a lot of paperwork just because she never knew another dad.

toffee_apple87 · Sep 29, 2010, 08:54 AM

Well she is at a reasonable age where she is able to make her own decision on this type of thing anyway - my friend went and got some legal advise first and all turned out OK