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If paternity has been legally established, the father could petition for custody/ guardianship.
The baby's grandparents could get custody.
United StatesYes. That child has legal rights as his father's biological child. First, that child has the legal right to be financially supported by his father. Second, that child may have inheritance rights according to the law in the particular state or other jurisdiction. In the United States a minor child he cannot be disinherited if his father dies even if his father leaves all his property to someone else in his Will. His mother could file a claim against the estate. As an adult he can make a claim against the estate in some jurisdictions if his father dies intestate, or without a will.
They end. The child may be entitled to Social Security benefits from the father.
Social security
Yes a child can receive medical benefits if the mother has sole custody and the father dies. The state will provide the mother with assistance which will include medical benefits for the child. This can happen with or without the father passing on.
the father gets the custody of the child if the mother dies
Certainly, by court order.
The mother. If she dies, her parents get custody.
Yes the bilogical father will get the child .
If a man and woman marries, have a child together and the mother dies, then the man becomes a widowed father.
He can still gain custody as the presumptive father.