How does he have any visitation rights with a custody and child support order?
If you are not married and there is no custody or visitation order, she has custody automatically. The father have to prove paternity in court by a DNA test and then petition for custody or visitation. He can then also pay child support.
No. Only the custodial parent get child support and not returning the child is kidnapping.
Yes - custody/visitation are a separate issue from child support. File contempt for nonpayment of child support.
The mother has primary residential custody. However, the father has visitation rights which are likely set forth in a visitation schedule and he has the right to be included in any important decisions that affect the child. The father should review any documents related to his case including a separation agreement, visitation schedule, child support order and custody order.
The mother. The father have to prove paternity in court and petition for visitation or custody. He can then also pay child support.
Yes, though in California the child support and visitation are linked. The less time you parent the child, the more you pay.
Being denied visitation or not, a father can petition for sole custody. The two situations are not related.
You do not have the right to deny visitations but if you do, the father can and should request a court hearing to establish his paternity and get visitation rights. He can request custody or joint custody and the court will render a decision. If the child is to remain with the mother the court will set up a child support order and the father can file contempt charges if the mother withholds visitation or violates the visitation order in any other way.
It depends on the type of joint custody. Custody is broken down into two subcategories- legal and physical. Legal custody is the ability to make decisions concerning the child and to act on the child's behalf. Physical custody is who the child lives with. Typically unless the child spends exactly 50 percent of the time with each parent, one parent is considered to have primary custody and the other parent to have secondary custody or visitation rights. Child support is based on who has primary physical custody, and that parent is typically awarded child support from the parent who has the child less since having the child more usually means that you provide for more of their needs as well.
You have full custody and legal guardianship. The father have to go to court to get his parental rights and petition for custody, visitation and pay child support.
The mother. The father have to prove paternity by a DNA test and can then get his parental rights and petition for custody, visitation and pay child support.
The mother. The father have to prove paternity in court and petition for custody, visitation and can then also pay child support.