Legal Question in Family Law in Illinois

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if m y husband a nd i were seperated for a year and i was seeing someone else and got pregnant and that other person left when i told him and my husband and i got back together and my husband took the baby in as his own and supported me throughout my pegnacy and since the other person found out i was back with my husband he now want to to be involed but just to cause problems for me and my husband he should of been there from the beginig what should or could i do?


Asked on 4/30/07, 11:30 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Peter Olson The Olson Law Firm, LLC

Re: family law

That's a tough situation. Give me a call if you'd like to discuss in greater depth. The ball is essentially in the "father's" court (if the non-husband) is indeed the father. Too over-simplify, he has two years from this fact of the child's birth to go into court and request parental rights. After that time then he's out of luck. The tough part is how do you trigger this 2-year period...does the "father" know you're pregnant and does he know the child may be his?

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Answered on 4/30/07, 1:42 pm


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