You have to prove by DNA test that you are the father. Then you can go to court and petition for visitation and custody. Until you have established paternity you have nothing. You also have to petition the court to have your name on the birth certificate.
If you are determined to be the father you will also be required to pay child support.
You may be in serious troubles, sooner or later he will find out, or somebody else.
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).
No. However, if the alleged father has signed the birth certificate, he is acknowledging that the child is his. There are steps to take in order to be taken off of the birth certificate and relieved of the obligation of child support, including a paternity test and an amendment to the birth certificate.
An illegitimate child is a child born out of marriage. It doesn't matter if the father is known or not, what matters is that the parents were not married at the time of birth. A child can be legitimised if the two parents get married later. Rules on illegitimacy vary from place to place.
When I had my daughter, her father was not able to be there at the time, so I was the only one to sign the birth certifiate as a parent. The father's name can be added by the father at a later date if that is what either of you wants to do. No one but the biological parents can sign a birth certificate.
no
none as they are separate issues and most child support arrears are on men who learned years later that they were a father, when ordered to pay back to the birth of the child.
Depends on the state, if an order has been entered, and how long. see link below
Nope, no rights to the child at all after birth.
none as they are separate issues and most child support arrears are on men who learned years later that they were a father, when ordered to pay back to the birth of the child.
the man she was living with was NOT the biological father, but he was under the assumption that he was and was supporting and raising the child as his own. what rights does he have
Every state has a statute of limitations as far as determining paternity and the length of time for obligation to pay retroactive child support varies from state to state as well. You would need to provide your state of residence and your child's current age for an accurate answer.