Re: Single Mother Rights in Minnesota

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To clarify:
The State will help you process your application for child
support & the Stae will seek an order of paternity once you
tell the State who is biodad. I did not mean to imply that
your simply naming him means it's automatic that he's
biodaddy. It's not. It takes a court order using this
procedure.

On 12/07/09, sharwinston wrote:
> He doesn't have any rights until he establishes those rights
> under your state's laws.
>
> Generally, some of the ways a biodad can get paternal rights
> is to sign the child's birth certificate (that's usually
> considered an acknowledgment of paternity). Doesn't look
> like that's going to happen in your case.
>
> Or, he can petition the court & get a court order declaring
> him biodad. He can then ask for visitation. Of course,
> with paternal rights and/or visitaiton comes his legal
> obligation to pay child support. Doesn't look like that's
> going to happen, either.
>
> You can still file for child support & the State will help
> you if that's what you want to do -- but once you file, you
> have to name the biodad & paternity will be established. If
> he has no job, it's going to be a miracle if your baby ever
> gets any child support.
>
> Is it wrong...: That's a moral question -- not a legal one.
>
> FOr more info, just google: [your state] + establish +
> paternity
>
>
> On 12/06/09, Molly wrote:
>> I am going to be a single mom in about a week. I was with
>> the baby's father for 3 years and when i didn't want to
>> get an abortion he dumped me, i tried to get him to come
>> to appointments and be there but he didn't want anything
>> to do with it. He's called me some pretty horrible things
>> in the past months and made this pregnancy very hard for
>> me. He hasn't paid for anything and hasn't been around.
>> 1. does he have any rights once the baby is born?
>> 2. how can he get rights?
>> 3. is it wrong for me to not allow him around the baby?