Yes, equal to the mother.
No. That can only be done by a court order.
In the UK, if you are married when your children are born, you both automatically have parental rights. If you are not married, then you have to apply for parental responsibility rights, if the mother does not want to share that with you. This can be done by court order. After 2003, if not married but father is written on the birth certificate, that is enough to have parental responsibility and all that that entails. Not sure how it is for you guys in the USA!
No. Not if the father's parental rights have been established legally.No. Not if the father's parental rights have been established legally.No. Not if the father's parental rights have been established legally.No. Not if the father's parental rights have been established legally.
Yes.
If the cousin is currently married to you, and is willing to accept parental responsibilities and adopt the child, then the father can give up his parental rights.
Custody, not parental rights.
Probably not. In most places, unless your natural father has lost or given up his rights and the step father actually adopted you, he has no parental rights (he was merely your mother's husband.)
No. If the mother is unmarried then she has legal custody of her child automatically. If the father wants parental rights he must establish his paternity in court.No. If the mother is unmarried then she has legal custody of her child automatically. If the father wants parental rights he must establish his paternity in court.No. If the mother is unmarried then she has legal custody of her child automatically. If the father wants parental rights he must establish his paternity in court.No. If the mother is unmarried then she has legal custody of her child automatically. If the father wants parental rights he must establish his paternity in court.
No, unless the baby's biological father relenquishes his parental rights, he would get custody of the child if the mother dies, not her husband. The biological father must sign his rights away to the mother's husband.
No, single fathers have no parental rights to the children until granted them by a court. see links below
If you were not married when the child arrived the legal custody lies with the mother. The father have to prove paternity in court before he can get his parental rights.
Married parents have equal parental rights. File an injunction to have the child returned to the state as soon as possible.