Re: Father's Rights

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I am a single father that lives in Michigan, MaComb County
exactly. My ex never notified me when she had our son. I found
out thru a mutual person. Anyway, I had to take her to court to
establish paternity. Any yes there comes child support and
visitation. Michigan is a mother state. Which means fathers have
very little rights. It is almost impossible to get physical
custody unless the mother is a proven drug addict or prostitute.
Standard visitation consists of every other weekend, one evening
a week (for only a few hours) and certain holidays (depends on
the year). Now of course the parents can establish their own
visitation schedule but both parties need to agree. Now, some
judges do not allow the child to be removed from the state
especially until the paternity case is over. I advice get a
lawyer and a good one! It is going to be a long and expensive
battle.

On 3/30/09, sharwinston wrote:
> The biological mother can not take and has not taken
> something from the alleged biological father that he never
> had.
>
> Any paternal rights he might possibly have to HER child must
> be established by a court of law. He will have to file a
> petition to establish paternity (or whatever the application
> document is called in his State) with the court or take
> other apropriate legal and procedural measures under his
> State's laws to get a court to establish his paternity.
>
> If and only if and when a court with competent jurisdiction
> determines he's biodaddy, then may he have any say so
> whatsoever with what the mother does with their child.
>
> Along with a finding of paternity almost always comes the
> legal obligation to pay child support and the mere mention
> of child support for 18 years usually sends the sperm donor
> running for his life with a death grip on his wallet.
>
>
>
> On 3/30/09, Mel wrote:
>> What are a new father's rights. The mother (unmarried)
>> did not put his name on the birth certificate, without his
>> knowledge on the advise of her stepmother with the
>> reasoning that she is planning on taking the baby and
>> moving from Michigan to Chicago. How can he get his name
>> on the certificate, at this point she has taken away all
>> of his rights.