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In Va Does mother automatically have legal custody of child when parents are not married?
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What rights does a mother have if custody hasn't been established?
If you are not married the custody automatically falls on the mother and the father have to go to court to get visitation or custody. If you are married you have equal rights.
Will the mother or biological fathers stepsister be more likely to get custody of the 7 month old baby of a married woman?
The father's step sister has no legal rights in this case. A mother automatically has custody of her child.The father's step sister has no legal rights in this case. A mother automatically has custody of her child.The father's step sister has no legal rights in this case. A mother automatically has custody of her child.The father's step sister has no legal rights in this case. A mother automatically has custody of her child.
Does a mother automatically have custody even without court papers?
not if she's married, or a single mother living in Arizona
In New Mexico who has custody of children if the parents are not married?
The mother assumes automatic custody, unless she is unfit.
If the mother has sole physical custody and shares joint legal custody with the father the two never married if the mother dies does custody automatically go to the father?
Does anyone know? we asssume this in happening in the U.S..
Can a mother take her child from its father and keep it with her at her house if there is no residency order in place?
If the parents are married they both have equal right to the child unless one party gets temporary custody pending a divorce. If they are unmarried and have never been married the mother automatically has custody. The father would have to go to court to establish his paternity and petition for joint custody and visitations.
Can a mother get her children if the father has had them and refuses to let her see them but the parents were never married and there is no court matters dealing with custody?
Since there is no court order and you were never married it is the mother that have custody. He can be charged with kidnapping.
Who has legal custody of a minor child when parents never married in the state of co?
mother has sole custody even if living with father
Who has legal custody of a minor child when parents never married in Georgia?
The mother. The father have to petition the court for custody or visitation right.
Does a father have to return tha child to mother if there is no court order in California?
Unless they are married or he has custody he has to return the child or it will be kidnapping. If you are not married and you have not established paternity yet or have not petitioned for visitation or custody she does not have to let you see the child. When not married she automatically get custody since there is proof she is the parent.
Who has legal custody of a minor child when parents have never married in Michigan?
The mother is presumed to have custody unless there is a court order saying otherwise.
Can a father take a child out of state if the parents are not married and there is no custody appointed?
Not without the permission of the child's biological mother. When a couple are not married and there is not a custodial order from the court, the law presumes that the mother has sole custody of the child in question.
