Legal Question in Family Law in Indiana

My 22 yr. old son & ex-girlfriend just had a baby, she refuses to put the baby's father on the birth certificate or allow the child to have his last name. What are his rights?


Asked on 10/27/11, 5:19 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

He can file for paternity and if he is the father, an amended birth certificate will be filed and the child will probably be given his last name. He can seek full custody and she would have parenting rights, he can seek joint custody with her and one or the other will have physical custody subject to parenting rights of the other parent, or physical joint custody where the time is evenly split. It is also possible that she would have full custody with your son having parenting time.

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Answered on 10/27/11, 5:49 pm


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