If you live in separate homes the law says possesion is nine tenths until you get a case started and the court will determins who does.
I believe that the mother should get custody and she gives the father a schedule to be on.
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.
The courts will determine who gets custody of the child. The courts will consider what is in the best interest of the child.
The court decides and no.
the father gets the custody of the child if the mother dies
If they are legally married, the father gets rights until mother gets out of prison, after that it is up to the state. If not legally married, they go into state custody.
the mother and father of the baby
Yes Bella's father gets to see the baby!
Single mothers have sole custody until the court rules otherwise, but in Texas you can get a jury trial.
The childs' father, married or not. Your relationship to the father is irrelevent. The father is the first on a long list of family members. Create a living will if that is not acceptable.
My answer to that would be 'No'. The father is responsible for providing child-support regardless of who has custody of the child; at least until the age of 18.
Custody would normally go to the closest living relative, and if there are no relatives available, the child becomes a ward of the state.