Q: How can you prove child abandonment?/What is considered child abandonment in the state of Florida?
My son and I live in Florida and his father lives in NY. Our son is four years old and father has never came to visit him even though I have openly welcomed him here many, many times to visit. The only times our son has met his father is when I brought him to NY twice. When our son was a baby he went over a year without calling, then started calling randomly. Since he met our son he calls around once a month now. He came to Florida on vacation with his then girlfriend when our son was 1 years old and did not even reach out to me to see if he could come meet and visit with his son (I found out through Facebook that he was in Florida) He has recently threatened me saying I need to go to the courts for him and start paperwork. I suggested he come to Florida and do it himself, also he could visit our son while he is here. He said no and if I do not do it for him he will take our son away from me.
A: What is "it" that he wants you to do for him? The only thing you should do is file for child support.
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