Your state laws will have determined the "intestate succession" of your father's estate, absent a will, meaning the law divided the property. Some states give the entire estate to the surviving spouse; others divide it with the children, meaning the minor children may have received half the father's estate "in trust".
Look up your state "intestate succession" and visit the courthouse where the father's estate was probated in 1979 to see how it was distributed. If it wasn't properly probated, you will need an attorney to figure out what rights you may have.
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If the mother is unmarried and the father has never established his paternity that might be possible if the mother claims the father is unknown. If the father knows he has fathered a child he can request a DNA test to establish his paternity through the court. The child could not be adopted without his or the court's consent
Is your mother still alive? Find out if your father made a will. Are you an only child? If not, he made have left his half to another child. Get a lawyer.
yes if she has full custody
yes, because god knows what the father can do to the child The parties should seek legal custody through the courts.
Yes a child can receive medical benefits if the mother has sole custody and the father dies. The state will provide the mother with assistance which will include medical benefits for the child. This can happen with or without the father passing on.
The only way a mother can take a child away from the custodial father for a few months is if the custodial father approves of it in writing, and the Court approves it if the child is taken out of the State. Without approval from the father, the child can only be taken if: 1. The mother has Sole legal custody of the child. 2. There are no orders that the father be allowed any visitation.
No. The father must also consent. The mother cannot "sign over" the child without a court order granting guardianship. The court will require the father be given notice and the opportunity to object.No. The father must also consent. The mother cannot "sign over" the child without a court order granting guardianship. The court will require the father be given notice and the opportunity to object.No. The father must also consent. The mother cannot "sign over" the child without a court order granting guardianship. The court will require the father be given notice and the opportunity to object.No. The father must also consent. The mother cannot "sign over" the child without a court order granting guardianship. The court will require the father be given notice and the opportunity to object.
If the Mother is dead or absent, it is Motherless. If the child has no parents alive or around, then that child is an orphan.
It would be cruel to file abandonment charges against the father simply because he had no way of picking the child up. Arrangements could have been made. It is time both parents thought of the child and not themselves. If the father tried his best then accept it; if he is a dead beat father and the mother cannot rely on the father then file abandonment charges.