Custody

The court may enter a default order for support.

The duty to provide support for a minor child shall continue until the child reaches the age of majority, dies, marries, or becomes emancipated, whichever first occurs. However, the court has discretion to direct either or both parents to provide financial assistance to a child who has not previously married or become emancipated, who is enrolled in and attending a secondary school, and who has attained the age of majority before completing his or her secondary school education, provided that such financial assistance shall not be required after a child attains 20 years of age.

Section §19-6-15 of the Georgia Code

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Yes - but only if the father is the legal guardian of the child (and the mother is not, for whatever reason). He can forfeit his parental rights to the grandparents. However, if the mother is not in prison and is the other legal guardian, she would have to give up custody as well. Good luck to you.

In Missouri, when a father has not had contact with the child for six month, whether voluntary, or denied access, the child can be adopted by a stepparent, without official notice. Simply terminating parental rights also terminates financial responsibility, thus the mother cannot claim support.

The mere act of a child residing with someone other than the parent or legal guardian does not constitute abandonment. Abandonment is legally defined as the act of leaving a person without the necessities of life (food, shelter, lack of financial means, etc.) when it pertains to a child it is usually considered endangement. If the adult allows the child to reside in their home without attempting to resolve the situation by contacting the parents or authorities the law will presume the adult caregiver consented to the arrangement. The law generally considers temporary custody as (3 months or less) and there not being a necessity of a court order. That is with the assumption that the parents of the minor have consented to the arrangement. Any adult who allows a minor child to reside in their home without the knowledge and/or consent of the parents can be subject to civil and criminal penalties. I

No. Only the grandparents who have custody over you can give you consent to do so. And even then, they may not be able to give you permission to live with your other grandparents, depending on why you other grandparents were not given custody over you in the first place.

There is no automatic age that a child can choose which parent they want to live with in New Hampshire. The judge looks to see if the minor shows sufficient maturity to make the decision without being coerced by either parent.

This depends upon the state and the situation.

Usually, 13-15 is the age which children are able to choose where to live in the eyes of the law when it comes to custody disputes.

However, there is always the option of working with your father and the family member/family you want to live with.

yes. go to your local Department of Child Support Enforcement & file. Be prepared to provide them with as much info on the father as possible. such as: social security number, most recent address, employer, you get the idea.

Primary legal custody means the parent/person with whom the child lives can make all the decisions concerning the child such as schooling, medical care, etc. unless the custodial order deems otherwise.

If the court order says you pay child support, you pay child support. There may be any number of logical, good reasons that you feel you shouldn't have to, but they don't matter. Only the court order matters.

You can go back to court and seek to have the order modified, but the bottom line is, no matter how much sense it makes to you that you shouldn't have to pay child support, until that order is modified you have to do what it says.

If it is a matter of contested custody it would be at the descretion of the court. In other words, the judge presiding over the matter would rule if the child involved was old enough to make such a choice. The judge would take into consideration the reasons the child wanted to live with the specified parent. Judges are concerned with the welfare of the child above everything else.

Legally, yes, but:

Well I would first ask myself "Would I be able to support a child and give he/she a stable and safe home?". When being considered for an adoptive parent the adoption agency would look into how well you can provide for the child, do you have a job? A home? Can you financially support a child?

There would be a lot of hesitation to allow an 18 year old to adopt a child, because you're barely an adult.

Take a step back and make sure you know what you'd be getting into. Can you REALLY provide a SAFE, SUPPORTIVE, HAPPY, home for this child?

I had a silver anglet

Children have similar characteristic's to their parents because when they are conceived, both of the parents genes unify to create a new set of characteristic'd depending on dominant and recessive traits.

For example, Jane and Henry find out they are having a baby. Jane has homozygous blue eyes whilst Henry has heterozygous brown eyes. The chances are that their baby will either have 50% homozygous blue eyes or 50% heterozygous brown eyes.

Only if that arraignment was made in the custody part of the divorce settlement. If it wasn't so stipulated, then the non-custodial parent must patition the divorce court for a new custody hearing.

You can make a list of the things you want to say. Try to separate your feelings from the facts. Do you have any evidence to support a modification, for example, loss of income? Generally, modifications will not be made unless there is a significant change in circumstances. You must request a modification through the court, you will be given a hearing date and a judge will be assigned. Save your list and use it to explain to the judge at your hearing why you are requesting the modification.

if the father has not signed he has no rights to the child unless he take you to court and gets a DNA test done. until that happens the father has no rights what so ever but if he has signed the father would have the same rights as the mother

Only Texas has that law, but with significant restrictions. In all other states, it's a case by case basis, with the Judge interpreting the maturity of the child, and their intent, but this still does not override other evidence in the child's best interest. It's just a piece of the evidence.

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Yes and no. In Missouri, when filing to enforce visitation, you can file a motion to put child support on hold. you need to learn how to enforce your visitation. See links below for help.
Unless the court has rescinded you child support payments you still need to pay them

do you mean rights to the child's child? none.

grandparents don't have any rights to the children unless rights by the first parent are surrendered and grandparents have been given custody through the courts.

A pregnant minor can surrender her child to adoption without ever telling her parents she was pregnant.

parents of pregnant girls have made it very impossible for them to keep their children though. If you read "girls who went away" by ann fessler you will see that although parents don't have rights over their pregnant daughters, they can make their life very difficult and make it near impossible for them to keep their babies which is heart wrenching to me.

May I please encourage you to assist your daughter in keeping her child and attempting to parent and not pressuring her to surrender her child if she expresses desire to parent. Pelase encourage her to at least give it a try. you may be surprised at how wondeful grandparent-hood can be. My mother was very upset when i became pregnant, she didn't help at all, a year later I introduced her to my daughter and she has been the greatest help ever since. She will be the first to say that her initial rejection was the biggest mistake she'd ever made.

Guardianship, not custody

Since you asked for an opinion I will offer one. No, the child should not have the father's name since it is statistically likely she will have most of the responsibility for raising her child. If the father wanted the child to have his name then he should marry the mother and take full financial responsibility for the child. The mother will always be with her child. That may not be so with the father.

Since you asked for an opinion I will offer one. No, the child should not have the father's name since it is statistically likely she will have most of the responsibility for raising her child. If the father wanted the child to have his name then he should marry the mother and take full financial responsibility for the child. The mother will always be with her child. That may not be so with the father.

Since you asked for an opinion I will offer one. No, the child should not have the father's name since it is statistically likely she will have most of the responsibility for raising her child. If the father wanted the child to have his name then he should marry the mother and take full financial responsibility for the child. The mother will always be with her child. That may not be so with the father.

Since you asked for an opinion I will offer one. No, the child should not have the father's name since it is statistically likely she will have most of the responsibility for raising her child. If the father wanted the child to have his name then he should marry the mother and take full financial responsibility for the child. The mother will always be with her child. That may not be so with the father.

It depends on what you want to do. If you don't mind about the father rarely visiting, then there are no steps to be taken. It really is a matter on what you want to do about the father rarely visiting his child.