If it is relevant.
The father has the right to see the child whether or not he pays child support. Child Support and Visitation are two separate issues. One does not depend on the other. The parties are required to obey both court orders.
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The step father would have to adopt the child. For this to happen, the biological father would have to relinquish all rights through the court system.
Canadian child support laws are similar to those in the US as they require a biological parent to support his or her minor child until that child reaches the age of majority, or the age designated in the order of support, or until a court decides otherwise. The remarriage or other such changes in the obligated parent's life does not relieve them of their financial responsibility to their minor child.
If a child is emancipated, the parent or guardian no longer has any say over the minor's life.
Probably. Check with the claims department of the insurance company. It would be better if a trust had been set up to receive the benefits on behalf of the minor. The Mother may have to go to court to get authorization to sign for the child. For more info see www.SteveShorr.com/life.htm and www.SteveShorr.com/estate.planning.htm
The best course would be to contact a family law attorney and get them to file the papers for you if you're not familiar with the process. I always persuade my clients not to list a minor child as beneficiary on the life insurance policy. Most insurance companies will place the proceeds in an interest bearing account until the minor reaches majority. Depending on laws in your state, you will also be required to file paperwork periodically with the court to show how every penny is spent. This could have been prevented if the beneficiary was not a minor or if it was stated in the beneficiary statement (Beneficiary XX for benefit of minor child XX). This simple statement would have prevented the problems while showing the intent of the insured to care for the child.
Consult a family lawyer. He can only lose parental rights by giving them up voluntarily or if the court find him unfit to be around the child and take it away. As long as he has them he has the right to petition for visitation etc. The court will focus on what is best for the child and usually they find the child is better off having both aprents in his life. So unless you know he is unfit to be around your child, and then you can get a restraining order or have already got one, or he willingly gives it up, the chance is very small the court would take it away,
Child life insurance is a form of permanent life insurance that insures the life of a minor. It is usually purchased to protect a family against the sudden and unexpected costs of a child's funeral or burial and to secure inexpensive and guaranteed insurance for the lifetime of the child.
Just because you're a minor doesn't mean you don't have to pay child support! You have to be responsible for the life you helped to create. Next time, remember to buy condoms.
In short, no one.
No one. Each child will be able to collect their share of the money when they are 18. The money for the minor child will be kept by the insurance company until the minor turns 18. This is why it is not a good idea to name minors as beneficiaries of life insurance policies if the money would be necessary for the upbringing of the child. Either name an adult that you trust or create a life insurance trust to be named as the beneficiary.