Only the courts can grant custody/parental rights. In general, parental rights are terminated either preparatory to an adoption, or after a trial in which it is determined that the parent is unfit. In any case, termination of parental rights does not, in itself, terminate child support.
No, he is just their leader and parental figure.
Get a lawyer. You have a couple of ways to assert your parental rights.
No, in order to have a step parent adoption, the birth father's parental rights must be permanently terminated.
no, changing the birth certificate requires adoption, and can only be done if the birth father's parental rights have been terminated.
Without a Will, he has no clearly defined custodial rights to a stepchild, but unless addressed in a custody decree, neither does the father. Guardianship reverts to the maternal grandparents.
Your father's maternal grandmother is your great-grandmother.
Your maternal grandmother is the mother of your mother. Similarly your paternal grandmother is the mother of your father, paternal grandfather is father of your father and maternal grandfather is father of your mother.
Paternal grandmother. Paternal = of the father, maternal = of the mother.
Maternal refers to your mother and paternal to your father. My maternal grandmother lives in Scotland, but my paternal grandmother lives just down the street.
That would be your father's mother. Your mother's mother is your maternal grandmother.
Age 18. Only Texas has that law.
mormor - Mother's mother (maternal grandmother) farmor - Father's mother (paternal grandmother) bestemor - Grandmother (best mother)
Barack Obama's maternal grandfather was named Stanley Armour Dunham. He passed away in 1992. His paternal grandfather was named Hussein Onyango Obama. He passed away in 1979, though his tombstone states 1975.
No. There is no requirement for the child to have to "know" the father for him to give up his parental rights.
Your grandfather is going to be the parent of your father or your mother. Most people have two grandfathers. In families where there has been divorce, there could be multiple individuals referred to as grandfather.
There's no way to estimate this as there are various means, such as false allegations, to stop a father. You must prepare, keep a daily journal, and find the right attorney. see the links below for help.
Maternal means originating from your mother's side of the family (ex. my maternal grandmother). paternal means originating from your father's side of the family (ex. my paternal grandfather)