If you're married, than no, but if you are single, than yes. Even if married, there are few option, except through the courts, to enforce it and the same methods used by the single father would apply. see link below
I will assume this is not a small goat, but a child. The nature of the question does make one wonder though. Custody was established at some point, unless the child moved from home to home in which case, neither parent should have had custody. The child lived somewhere, and that established a default home for the child. You should inform the court of your parental status and your desire to have custody of the child.
Determining child support has only one goal which is to determine medical, financial and daycare support. Custody is NOT determined when child support is established. To establish child support you have to go to court. Otherwise if the mother was unwed and paternity/custody is not established she automatically has sole custody which entitles you to pay her child support but you are not entitled to visitation, school/dr records etc unless she gives them to you... If custody is not established then the mother has custody
Child custody
You can but it would not be wise. The Custody Interrogatories Form in the state of N.J gives the judge a idea of how you plan on rasing the child if you were awarded custody.
no because it can be taken as child napping
Even though the mother is underage she still has custody of her child as long as she does not do something to get custody taken away from her
Custody cannot be established until a child is born.
The mother has sole custody. See related link
They can only follow it, they possess no power to enforce.A Different PerspectiveA school can refuse to release a child to the non-custodial parent. It can refuse to discuss the child with that parent and can refuse entry onto school grounds.
A parent might refuse to sign a passport application for their child due to concerns about international travel safety, custody disputes, or personal beliefs.
Not enough information is disclosed about the situation to give a knowledgeable answer. By WHOSE authority have they been given guardianship over your child? WHOSE POA expired? WHO gave it to them? WHAT does their expired POA have to do with your child's custody?
It depends on how old the child is and who has custody and all that great stuff. So it depends on all that stuff before the child gets to decide or not