Q: What is the likely outcome if the father takes me to court?
My 15 month old sons father who is not on the birth certificate by choice has threatened to take me to court because I will no longer let him take my son with him unsupervised. He plays too rough with my son and makes him cry. He puts my son in the car with him and has him sitting in the front seat. Every time. He keeps him out extremely late the latest being 11pm. I have my son on a schedule at night recommended by his pediatrician. He also makes my 1 year old wait until after 9pm to be fed. Also, the girlfriend is unstable and he’s told me about how she’s threatened to shoot him in the head and she has even shown up to my house while my son has been right in the living room in a violent state. She physically attacked the father and tried to get me outside to attack me too while my son was inside and able to hear everything. I don’t want my son in her house for visits with dad for obvious reasons. He also lost custody of his other kids for allegedly hitting and bruising one of them.
A: From what you have alleged, there is a very chance that the court will order supervised parenting time. However, there first must be a finding of paternity. An agreed court order can be entered that he is the father or a DNA test can be ordered first.
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