You are a single mother about to have a baby in April How old does your baby have to be before the father can take her?
US specific: Fathers have the same rights to children as mothers after the child's birth. For the child's health and safety, the father can "take" the child from the date of it's birth, provided the child does not require special attention the father is not familiar with. As the single, custodial parent of a baby girl in 1986, fathers are as capable of providing for children as are mothers. That baby girl is now the single, custodial parent of her own beautiful baby girl. Other nations may have laws about custody and visitation different from US law and practice.