Legal Question in Family Law in California
Okay so my ex and I were supposed to get married but when we found out we were expecting he asked me to abort it when I said no he got mad and broke up with me and said he wants nothing to do with me or our child. After this he harrased me for 2 weeks saying every mean thing he could and finally I told him to just leave me alone and he said only if you abort it so I said fine however I didn't and shes due in May in which he will find out the truth. I just found out hes been trashing my name and reputation to his family and our friends on top of everything else. Is there anything I can do to keep him out of our lives forever?
2 Answers from Attorneys
You absolutely positively must consult with an experienced family law attorney as soon as possible. If you are certain that he is the father of your expected child, you will need to discuss with the attorney (1) support arrangements including medical support for you during the pregnancy; (2) custody and visitation issues; and (3) long-term custodial issues in the event you become incapacitated and parenting issues.
I would not entirely recommend keeping the expected child's father entirely out of your life, but setting very, very firm boundaries is key. Good luck with this.
Ms. Macklin gives you very good advice. I would just add that the policy of California's parenting laws is that fathers if known should be responsible for the children they father. A father cannot legally sign away those responsibilities or evade them if the mother or the state seeks to enforce them. With the repsonsibities, however, go parental rights, which also cannot be signed away, and cannot be taken away except in extreme circumstances such as harm or endangerment to the child.
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