I am single and pregnant what rights does the father have to the baby?
if you say you dont want him at the scans and the birth then he is not allowed in – NO QUESTIONS ASKED, and no judge can force that upon you, EVER! Im not sure about the whiole name thing but Im pretty sure that its mainly down to you, if you think he will try and over rule you on this then get your baby registered without him, this means that he wont be on the birth certificate but that also means that you will have a few more rights than he will. He can however, with your permission, add his name to the birth certificate later on by filling in a form but he wont be able to change the babys name in doing this. Im thinking that any judge who has an ounce of decency and common sense will know that breastfeeding is the most important thing you can do for your baby and if they even dare tell you that you cant do it just so that the baby can stay with the father the odd night you should report them immediately and sue them too, that is taking away your natural right as a mother and this is
Well i would say start telling everyone a fake fathers name and he might leave you along but it will then require for him to take a dna test to prove he is the baby and at the hospital for appointment and birth you can decide if you want him in there and at birth you can use your last name and he will not know till he see’s the birth certificate but he will have some visitations that would be up to a court to decide but you can explain that you would feel more comfortable for him to come see the baby at your house for a while as you are breastfeeding the court will not order his last name but they will usally order his name on the birth certificate for child support as they did my sisters son but he has not seen him since birth that is a whole nother story but if he does not pay child support and the courts could take rights away for not helping
I don’t see why you wouldn’t want him to be involved in your child’s life…just because you were only with him for 3 months doesn’t mean he has no parental rights to his child and why would you want to deny your child a parent who wants to be involved in his/her life! Don’t be selfish just because you don’t want to have anything to do with him, if he wants to be an active parent, let him – it can only help out in the long run. Besides, don’t you want the comfort and support that having him around will give you? You don’t have to do this alone and seeing as how he wants to be there, I think you should jump at the chance. Otherwise, he could very well contact a lawyer and push for his legal rights – could very well get them too – it would just be easier for everybody involved if the two of you came to some kind of compromise about all of this, in the end, isn’t it what’s best for the child that is most important? You need to think about that and put your child’s needs ahead of your pote
