Legal Question in Family Law in Florida
I am 24 years old, and 20 weeks pregnant. The father of the child is my boss at work. He is married with 2 kids. He told me he was getting a divorce, but he is not, and has not filed or began the process. He is now threatening my job, and is threatening that he will sue me for custody of my child by attempting to cite that I am an unfit mother. I have a full time job with a reputable company, I make good money. I have my own place, and I support myself on my own. I do not have any mental issues, and have never been in trouble with the law (I've never even gotten a ticket). He tried three times to pay me to get an abortion, and I obviously refused. He has threatened to commit suicide multiple times, and once threatened that he would have his mafia connections 'off me'. What are my rights as the mother of this child? Can he sue me for custody? Does he have to have any legal rights to my child? If he does, is there anything I can do to prevent him from having any sort of custody?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Te can sue you for patenity and a judge will decide (or the two of you will agree upon) a parenting plan wherein timeshare (the amount of time each of you will have with the child) will be determined and a calculated support amount will be calculated. It sounds like you have the better case, so you'll probably get most of the overnights, but I doubt you'll be able to stop him from getting some of the overnights, such as alternating weekends and one night per week. He has as much right to make decisions (religion, schooling, extracurriculars, etc.) about the child as you do. It's a bad idea to sleep with your married boss, but I guess you don't need me to tell you that.
Mr. Rose is correct in his response however, if your boss is threatening you and stating he is going to kill himself etc., this is a good reason to have supervised visitation. You might request that he be evaluated by a psychologist and/or psychiatrist prior to any rights to visitation. Do know that until he pursues having any rights, there are none. He will need to petition to the court for paternity and once the DNA is established then he could ask for visitation.
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