My, what a sad story!
yes the mother would more likely be in full custody of the children or child
No, he has the same rights as single fathers, none until granted them.
Custody issues are decided by the courts on the basis of the best interest of the child in question. If the child is likely to be cared for better by the father than by the grandmother, then yes, the father would have a good chance of winning custody.
Assuming you are an adult, yes you have a chance.
No. The biological father have rights. Unless the court find him unfit to have custody then there might be a chance.
a very big chance
Yes, every father has that right, whether he is successful is another matter. If you were married he would have a better chance but he can still apply.
If father was awarded custody before and his circumstances have not changed, unless the mother's situation has improved dramatically the father has a good chance of maintaining custody.
The chances for the father to claim custody of his 8 , eight year old child will be very hard as he is known to smoke pot, and under the influence of pot he is likely to harm the eight year old child. So the mother has a better chance of keeping custody.
Sounds like the odds are pretty good at gaining sole custody. However that does not mean that you will be able to keep the child away from his father forever, or mean that the father will never get a chance to see or interact with his child. The court will probably allow the father "visitation" rights.
That does not mean you have full custody. Even though the father is not around you should still go for full custody. Theres always that chance the father could back around and that child is not with you he has just as much right to that child as you do.
In most breakups it is the mother who gets custody, however, the legal basis for deciding who gets custody is the welfare of the child, so if the father can demonstrate that he is a better parent, he can get custody.
not even the fathers living here have a good chance of that, so no.