You most likely need to seek legal assistance with this question. However, I chose to answer it because I feel strongly that you should seriously reconsider marrying someone who has already been proven an unfit father. This problem is extremely common: women who marry men who will not provide a loving, nurturing environment for the children. You have a responsibility to be the best mother you can be which includes protecting your children against anyone who has the potential of causing them harm. If you need financial assistance, the State should be able to help. If you need emotional support, you can search it out through various agencies. But marrying someone who has been proven to be unfit is not a good answer. Regardless of how much you want to be with the man for whatever reasons, I am asking you to reconsider and show your children that they mean more to you than the man does. Be their mom first; think of marrying someone second. I apologize for sounding rather urgent with this but I feel passionate about protecting the kids against people (men or women) who marry and then abuse them. They have no choice; they can't easily leave or find options and they rely on their parent to provide a safe environment. It is up to you to provide it without thinking of marrying a man who has been proven to be unfit.
Yes, but you cannot leave him alone in the care of your children at any time.
You can not unless he is unfit.
Grant him supervised visitation. Your interpretation of unfit may be bias, and a fatherless child always does worse than one with an unfit father. see link
If you are a father. You must prove the mother unfit, drugs, abuse, prison record, etc... IF you are a mother, depending on the state you live in they would allow soul custody because you are the mother. If the father is unfit and you live in Utah and/or California where they are for the father as well and want to do joint custody in most of those two states, the father must pretty much be unfit such as abuse, drugs and/or prison record for the mother to get full custody. That is pretty much when the only time I have known any parent to get full custody of their children.
That would vary from state to state, and court to court. You would need to contact your state child welfare department, and perhaps an attorney.
It's possible.
He will not be granted legal custody.
Assuming you are an adult, yes you have a chance.
It is unlikely that the court would order "shared custody". If the mother is unfit the grandmother can petition to be appointed the legal guardian of the child. However, the father must consent.It is unlikely that the court would order "shared custody". If the mother is unfit the grandmother can petition to be appointed the legal guardian of the child. However, the father must consent.It is unlikely that the court would order "shared custody". If the mother is unfit the grandmother can petition to be appointed the legal guardian of the child. However, the father must consent.It is unlikely that the court would order "shared custody". If the mother is unfit the grandmother can petition to be appointed the legal guardian of the child. However, the father must consent.
Yes, either parent can take a child if there is no custody agreement set into place yet. The father will need to hire an attorney and fight the mother for custody in court if he thinks she is unfit.
it takes more than one example to prove someone is unfit.