Legal Question in Family Law in Pennsylvania
father rights
the father has not signed the birth cert. papers yet for paternity. he is about to go to jail. i hear that there is a time limit for how long they have before they forfeit the right. cause my boyfriend would like to adopt her.
Asked on 2/10/09, 3:01 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
John Davidson
Law Office of John A. Davidson
Re: father rights
Did a lawyer tell you there was a time limit?
Assuming you can make the case for the paternity of the child being unknown there is a good reason not to have your boyfriend adopt the child. That is that your parental rights would be terminated. To avoid that it would be best to marry the boyfriend first, that way you would be adopting the child as well.
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{John}
Answered on 2/10/09, 3:49 pm