Legal Question in Family Law in California

There is no custody between me and my girlfriend and we have two kids together and she is on drugs and has had one of our children around a known drug house and I want to put the kids in a safe place by moving back to North Carolina where I have more help and resources around she has been living in a hotel but she has not yet found a house nor anything for 608 a month to rent she has admitted that she has smoked. what rights do I have about the children and getting them where it is safe for them


Asked on 10/15/14, 1:32 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

There is no way to answer your question without first knowing whether or not you are the legally recognized father, either by having completed the paternity paperwork when the children were born and obtained a birth certificate naming you as the father, or by a later paternity case in court. If you are not the legally recognized father you have no more rights regarding those children than I do.

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Answered on 10/15/14, 1:39 pm


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