Until paternity is established the birth mother is considered to hold sole custody of a minor child.
For a father to have custodial or visitation rights it must be agreed on by the mother of the child or through the prescribed court procedures by means of a lawsuit.
No, single fathers have no assumed rights to their children, under ALL scenarios.
yes
It depends on what state you're in...
Of course not. In the United States an unwed mother has sole custody of her child until the father has established his paternity legally, in court. Then he must petition for custody and/or visitation rights. He cannot make any changes in the custody of the child via a power of attorney. The unwed mother should exercise her parental rights aggressively and not allow grandparents or the father to take control of her "rights".
Difficult, but yes. In most cases, the state will take the child as single fathers have no assumed parental rights. see link
Yes. The minor parents have the same rights over their child as adult parents do. The grandparents have no legal right to the grandchild.
Single mothers have sole custody, however I teach fathers how to stop such moves.
You have just as many rights to the child as the mother does even if you are unwed. It is in your best interest to go through the court system and set up a custody agreement.
Yes they can.
He has no rights until the child is born even if he can prove it is his.
48.435  Custody of children. The mother of a non marital child has legal custody of the child unless the court grants legal custody to another person or transfers legal custody to an agency.This is outright gender based discrimination. The state of WI has decided that an unwed mother gets due process of law(kidnapping) but an unwed father doesn't.The 14th Amendment's equal protection clause states: "nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws", which is exactly what this law does, denies unwed fathers.
A child from an unwed mother is called an illegitimate child. Also called a bastard.