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    myfourmessyones Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Feb 13, 2007, 09:31 PM
    A second chance dad
    I have been an absent dad I have always paid child support but have not seen my child.she was being raised by her grandmother in what I thought to be a better home then I could provide.I recently found out she was left with a neighbor and the grandmother told the neighbor she can no longer provide for her. The child is 12 and filed petition to have neighbor get guardianship. I am no longer the young kid I was when grandmother took her. I have a wife and three other children. I can provide a loving home I am just wandering if I have any legal rights?
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    Feb 14, 2007, 06:32 AM
    Hello dad:

    Sure you do. But, for what? You want her now? If I was her, I'd choose the neighbor.

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    Feb 14, 2007, 08:30 AM
    Go to Family Services and talk to them. You can file for Custody. But you have some fence mending to do.
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    Feb 14, 2007, 08:42 AM
    You have rights as the father, but 12 years is a long time to explain to a child, and will be a biggr hurdle than a court battle.
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    Feb 15, 2007, 09:35 AM
    My parents divorce when I was 4. I did not see him again until I was 24. Now we talk to each other every other day. I wish my father could have looked for me when I was 12. Your daughter will be happy to have her father. It may take time but it will be OK. Go for it!
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    Feb 15, 2007, 09:37 AM
    One more thing... my dad never paid child support.
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