Q: my childs mother has threatened to take my daughter and move to another state. my daughter is 3
and has been living with me since our breakup in April 2019. she see's her mom randomly some times once a month sometimes she will go 7 weeks without seeing her and its normally for a few days at a time when she does see her.
her mom has been living in motels hotels renting rooms and now has a 1 bedroom apartment where she lives with her newborn that is not mine. she has now fell on hard times again and is moving to Alabama to live with her new Childs family and is threatening to take my daughter with her the next time she goes to Alabama. she does not know where i live and i am basically keeping my daughter home from daycare out of fear that she will take her. what should i do?
A:
If you have not already, you need to go to court on a paternity action. There you can establish your timesharing (custody) in a court order. Until the father of a child born out of wedlock goes to court the mother has full authority over the child.
Good luck.
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