If the mother of the child will recognize that you are the baby’s father, then you and she can sign an acknowledgement of paternity which takes care of the issue. If the mother will not recognize you as the baby’s father, then you will have to file suit in court to establish paternity. You would file suit in court, contending that you are the father. You would seek a paternity test that will determine whether you are the baby’s father. Once your paternity has been established, then you can exercise your rights to visitation as the baby’s father. Admittedly, this process can be a difficult one, particularly without the cooperation of the child’s mother.
- If you are a pregnant and unmarried woman, and the father refuses to acknowledge paternity, what can you do?
- Can courts modify child support obligations?
- What happens if a person refuses to pay child support?
- How does a court determine the amount of child support?
- Can a court require a parent to pay child support?
- Can grandparents have visitation rights?
- What if one parent refuses another parent’s visitation rights?
- Can courts modify custody arrangements?
- Can a court require parents to attend counseling sessions before awarding custody?
- What is supervised visitation?
- In those states that examine the relocation of a parent under a best interests of the child analysis, what are the factors that courts consider?
- Can a parent with custody move out of state with a child without permission of the other parent?
- Can a parent have child custody if he or she has committed a crime?
- Arizona Law on Best Interests of the Child ยง 25-403
- How do courts determine custody for a child?
- What different types of child custody are there?
- What is child custody?
- What happens if your former spouse to whom you are paying alimony remarries?
- What are the factors a court considers in deciding whether and how much to award in alimony?
- What are the different types of alimony?
