If you choose to let her.
Boyfriend or husband (unless he is the biological father) has no legal right to the child at all. The mother can try to go for full custody though.
A surrogate father is a person who functions like a father to someone who is not his biological or adopted child. In other words, a surrogate father plays the role of father where a legal parental relationship does not already exist.
He probably will never tell. There are rumers though that He is the biological father of one of the twins and his boyfriend is the biological father of the other.
Yes he can since he still has his parental rights. He might only get visitation first though until they know each other better.
I don't know your situation, but you can do anything as long as both parties agree. What I mean by both parties is mother and father. If mother and father agree, and the 16 year old wants to live with her father for a year, then it is OK. If the parents do not agree, then a court hearing may be necessary to hear both sides and decide what is best for your daughter. Being that your daughter is 16, she will have some say in court as well.
He would have to petition the court. Unless the mother is unfit though he will get shared custody.
That does not mean you have full custody. Even though the father is not around you should still go for full custody. Theres always that chance the father could back around and that child is not with you he has just as much right to that child as you do.
If paternity has not been established, then you would have to do that first. Once paternity is established, then you have to right to petition for custody.
They name their daughter Erica, after her biological mother. However, they name their son Jack after Monica's father, even though that's against Jewish tradition.
Except in Arizona, the mother has sole custody and the father has to apply for his rights through the courts.
Officially he had none. It is rumored, though, that he was the father of his house-keeper's daughter.
If you are not the child's parent, you do not have priority in a custody dispute with a biological parent. If the custodial parent is unfit and this is proven by CPS, the child can be awarded to another family member. But since you are not related to the child and are not his parent, you don't have any rights.