You will have to have your mother file a petition to be appointed the child's legal guardian with your consent. You will need the consent of the other parent or they can file an objection with the court and there will be a hearing. The judge will hear testimony and render a decision. You should inquire at your local family court and ask to speak with an advocate.
It is very rare that a Mother wants to give full custody of a child to the Father. To this all a Mother would have to do is choose to sign and give up her rights to the child in court.
yes, she has sole custody
File a motion to modify custody. see links
no
You have the right to file for a change of custody with the court. You will have to present convincing evidence that the child's mother is unfit to retain custody of the child. Frankly: It is a stiff burden of proof to overcome to convince the court to remove a child from its mother's custody.
No. The biological father have rights. Unless the court find him unfit to have custody then there might be a chance.
Even though the mother is underage she still has custody of her child as long as she does not do something to get custody taken away from her
lost the child to whom?
When married you have equal rights to the child.
How often is the father awarded custody of the child over the mother in North Carolina?
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.
the father gets the custody of the child if the mother dies