The courts would prefer to find some other competent relative such as a grandparent or possibly an aunt or uncle of the child, in such a case. If no such relative can be found who is willing to take custody of the child, then the child will become a ward of the state.
A single father, what does that mean? Are you divorced, ever married to the mother of your child, or is the child adopted by you, or is the mother dead or out of the picture? If your question is "How does a Father obtain residential custody after a divorce or in a paternity case", then I can answer this question. Let me know what your grounds for custody are. What is it about the mother or other parent that makes it harmful for the child to remain in their care?
if father dead, you need custody of child
Death benefits, no - the child isn't dead yet. Survivor's benefits, yes - once the father established legal custody.
an orphan.
An orphan is a child who's mother and father are dead.
orphan
Absolutely. The child is a product of the union between the biological mother and father regardless of how long they were together. He needs to provide for his innocent child.
Normally yes, unless there is a legal restriction preventing him from doing it
If I am both the father and the mother, and I'm dead, I wouldn't want to have to take care of some 11 year old kids on top of that too! Also, way to try to dump your kids on the internet. It should be noted that unless expressed in a decree. the father doesn't get the child. The child goes to the maternal relatives. He has to challenge for custody. Plus, the majority of fathers are alienated from, their children by a mother who made him out to be a bad guy. Imagine now suddenly getting custody of them. Does he tell the children their dead mother was a bold faced liar? In Kansas, a widower can have the underage children taken away under the tender years law, even when the couple was together at the time of the death.
His father is the Fourth Hokage who died when he sealed the kyuubi into Naruto and his mother is Kushina and he doesn't have any siblings, he's the only child.
No. Nor does she have the right to accept any court ordered child support payments. She must petition the court to be appointed the child's legal guardian. If the deceased mother had full legal custody a guardian must be appointed or you must obtain legal custody through the court.
Yes,the dead beat is expected to pay up.