IF YOU CAN PROVE YOUR THE BIOLOGICAL FATHER YES YOU DO HAVE RIGHTS... SEE AND ATTORNEY AND GET A PATERNITY TEST..... * Maybe. The biological father can file a custody petition after he establishes parentage. The problem is, that a child born in a marriage when the husband takes responsibility by signing the birth certificate legally becomes that man's child. If the husband objected to DNA testing to establish parentage the court WOULD NOT allow a paternity test. If the biological father had knowledge of the pregnancy and did nothing to intervene when the child was born, in all likelihood the court will rule that he voluntarily relinquished his parental rights and now has no legal rights to the child in question.
If the parents are not married, yes, the father has to be present EXCEPT if he is a serving member of the armed forces, who can make a signed declaration prior to registration of the birth. If the parents are married, either parent can register the birth on their own.
You did not indicate if you're married. In Michigan and quite a few other states, if you are Married at the time of the birth of the child..the Man who you are married to is legally the father !! If the Biological father had no idea about the child's existence, or if you're just trying to cut him out of the Child's life, he does, in fact, still have legal rights. If he takes a DNA test and is found to be the Bio father, then he is entitled to quite a few legal rights.
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Two come to mind: the right to petition for visitation; and the right to ask the court to determine his child support obligation.
This begs another question: how did this man's name end up on the birth certificate? Until a court rules otherwise, he is the child's father and has all the rights that that entails.
Yes, he has rights AND responsibilities.
No.
no, changing the birth certificate requires adoption, and can only be done if the birth father's parental rights have been terminated.
the bio-father still has more rights as obvisouly he is the true father
Get a lawyer. You have a couple of ways to assert your parental rights.
If the father wants custody rights, this would be usable in court.
If you're in the US, he has the same rights as any other father, because he is the legal father (biological is irrelevant at this point).
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Single fathers have no rights in any state see link below
no, changing the birth certificate requires adoption, and can only be done if the birth father's parental rights have been terminated.
He would have all of the rights that a biological father has. If he was not the biological father, then his name should not have been put on the birth certificate in the first place, unless he adopted her and the birth certificate was changed.
Yes - the man signing the birth certificate is the child's legal father unless/until established otherwise in court.
A father has parental rights regardless of marital status most states.
the bio-father still has more rights as obvisouly he is the true father
If it's established who the biological father is, regardless what name is on the birth certificate, he will have to give up his parental rights in order for someone else to adopt the child. He can also go to court and have the name on the birth certificate changed to his.
The same if he is listed on the birth certificate. NONE
DNA testing can be done before or after a birth certificate is signed if there is any question about who the father of a child is or if visitation rights are being contested.
Yes, but it grants him no rights see link below
He has the right to sign the birth certificate. Apart from that he has no right at the birth. The mother is the patient and she decides what goes.