Q: How long after my child is born does the father have to file for rights?
long story short my son is about 15 months old and his father has never paid child support or tried to help me out. He doesn’t visit him and the only way he sees him is if I drive him 8 hours to my home town (yes I have told him he can come visit, his reason is not being able to put miles on his expensive Camaro).. he says that he’s involved by posting pictures of my son but he doesn’t even check up on him, he only ever texts me to find out stuff about ME and not to hear about my son. I really just want him out of our lives but technically can’t he just file for custody whenever he decides? I don’t want my son to turn 5 and not even know this man and him trying to come get custody of him… is there any way I can prevent this? I’ve read about filing for abandonment but would he need to have rights in the first place for that? He is not on his birth certificate right now so I am already very generous by still letting him see him with no contributions… he’s in georgia, I’m in Kentucky
A: You need to ask a Kentucky lawyer. Laws are different state by state.
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