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yes the mother would more likely be in full custody of the children or child

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Q: Will the mother have a better chance to win full custody when the father has been in jail his enitre life?
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Does the father in a custody case have a better chance if he is married and the mother is not?

No, he has the same rights as single fathers, none until granted them.


Can a married father win custody of a child The mother is deceased and child currently living with grandmother?

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.


Can a brother get custody of minor child if father dies and mom was found unfit the father had custody already?

Assuming you are an adult, yes you have a chance.


Can a handicapped mother sign custody over to a live in boyfriend when the father of the child wants custody?

No. The biological father have rights. Unless the court find him unfit to have custody then there might be a chance.


What are the chances a father will get full custody when mother is a drug addict?

a very big chance


I am a single mother i want to know if my daughter's father has the right to file for legal custody?

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 a father won physical custody of two girls and mother is appealing saying that she has cleaned up her act what are fathers chances of maintaining physical custody at appeal?

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.


How hard would it be for a wife to get custody of a 8 year old if the father is a recreational pot smoker?

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.


What chance do you have at getting sole custody of your son if his very violent father is incarcerated?

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.


When a child is born and the father is not there or never comes around does that mean you have full custody?

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.


Break up who get custody of baby?

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.


Can a recently deported father return to the US to gain custody of his daughter now in state custody living with maternal relatives?

not even the fathers living here have a good chance of that, so no.