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If you weren't abusive, an alcoholic or into drugs and your wife just left you, then she has no right to keep your child away from you. However, if you choose to see your child then it's your responsibility to make child support payments whether you and your wife get back together or not. If you want to see your child then it's best to contact a lawyer and go through the court system and if you win the custody battle, then be responsible and pay child support. Marcy

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16y ago

If a mother leaves her children in her husbands care and leaves the marital home then he owes her no child support. In fact she owes him child support. They have joint custody of the children until a court decides otherwise and unless there is a good reason it would continue that way. However, the one raising the kids holds the cards.

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11y ago

No. The father does not have the right to take the child with him. Parents who are married have equal parental rights. If the parents plan to obtain a divorce the issue of child custody will be part of the proceeding. When children are involved the court must enter court orders that address custody, both legal and physical, visitation and child support.

While it is best if the parents can agree between themselves how the children will be looked after, if there is an argument happening over this you will need to get a lawyer (attorney) and go to court to settle this.

In a court, the custody of the children will normally given to the mother. However, if the court can be persuaded that the mother is for some reason not a fit and proper person to look after a child, the court may award custody to the father.

The custody hearing will normally also establish visiting rites (or bar them) to the disenfranchised parent.

Note also that even though a parent (mother or father) may not have custody, they will, if they are earning or have the means, be expected to continue to pay towards the cost of bringing up the child and possibly to pay to assist the custodial parent when they are not working so that they can look after the child. This too will normally be settled by the court.

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8y ago

If by abandon you are meaning the loss of parental rights then yes the father of the child has no standing with regard to the raising of the child. He also has no say in medical decisions schooling , religion or any other aspect of how the child will be raised. He also is no longer held responsible for any child support, medical expenses or any other financial obligation. That being said he also has no right to receive information regarding the childs well being, location, etc. And finally he has no standing legally to have any visitation or interaction with the child. Legally he is persona non grata and he will have to live with that for the rest of his life.

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11y ago

Take away how? As in getting custody? Yes it can happen if he files for such and the court finds it is in the best interests of the child to do so. Otherwise, both parents are expected to abide by the custody order currently in place and the parent who doesn't can find themselves in some serious legal trouble.

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A father can take his child with him if he can prove that the mother is unstable or unfit to care for the child. Also, the mother can give him her permission to take the child.

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12y ago

He has the right to petition for custody and child support.

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When a father abandons his child does he still have rights?

Yes, he still has rights, though his history of non-involvement can be brought up in custody proceedings. A mother cannot withhold visitation for non-support of a child, nor can she interfere with a visitation court order.


If the father can not see or visit the child does the father still have to pay child support if the father give up your parential rights?

No he does not because he is not the child's parent anymore.


In the state of GA if the parents of a child live together but are not married does the father still have to pay child support?

As the father has no assumed rights to the child, he can still be ordered to pay by the courts.


Can a father give up his physical rights but not his financial rights?

Yes, a father can give up his parental rights but he still have to pay child support.


If the father of the child leaves for three years does he still have rights to that child?

As long as they remain established.


If your child's father pays child support but has not had any contact with her in a year does he still have any rights to her?

Yes. He has rights until his rights are terminated by a court order.


Does the father have any rights if he does not sign the birth certificate and has not had anything to do with his child for 8 years since the birth?

the bio-father still has more rights as obvisouly he is the true father


Can you as a father sign off all rights to your child?

yes you can but you would still have to pay for child support


If the father gives up rights to the child can the mother still collect child support from the father?

no the mother should have the legal obligation to take care of the child


Can a father terminate parental rights of an unborn child in Texas can i still file for child support?

Termination of parental rights does not terminate one's child support obligation.


What if the father does not whant nothing to do with child and he gives up his rights does he still have to pay child support?

He will still have to pay support until/unless the child is adopted.


If you are not the bioligical father and sign the birth certificate can the bioligical father still be ordered to pay child support?

Yes, but then you would lose your rights as the child's legal father.