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need advice about 6 mth old son

My sons father has had no interest in him, the only thing he has bought for him was the crib (out of guilt for breaking off our relationship via voicemail, then bragging about it). The only support he gave was letting me keep my cell on his plan because he had lots of free minutes, which he turned off on me on a sat. night (with no notice) when the baby was sick. He couldn't even pull himself away from the party he was planning to drive us to the doc appt for a necessary blood test for the baby. When the baby was in the hosp. recently and he didn't even bother to call to check on him. He recently returned from a vacation to the bahamas (and coincidently my mailbox was knocked down the next day). We were together on christmas and WE had agreed on buying evenly for our boys (he has a 3yr old & I have an 11yr old) He bought more for his son then mine and NOTHING for the baby, then sat an found fault w/my parents for not buying his son more than they did. He hasn't bothered with the baby in about 4mths. What rights does he or I have? We are not married and there is no court orders. Do I have to let him see him? Is it illegal to ask or tell him I don't want him around or to offer him something to go away? Is there anything I can do?


Asked on 6/06/05, 11:32 am

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WENDY HAUSMANN LAW OFFICES OF WENDY A. HAUSMANN

Re: need advice about 6 mth old son

You need to file a Petiton to Establish Paternity and for Child Support - and there is no reason to wait. Secondly, you may want to think about having custody established legally before allowing visitation if you fear he may abduct the child. If he were to flee with the baby, how could either of you establish a more superior right to custody? I do not want to alarm...just letting you know a potential pitfall in letting this situation go on for too long without some legal security. If you wish to dicuss this further and want to know how to get the initial paperwork going (which I think you could do alot of yourself), please give me a call.

Wendy A. Hausmann, Esquire

(561) 477-5353

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Answered on 6/08/05, 6:28 pm


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