I think I'm father of baby
![[Post New]](/jforum/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif){kind=icon}
Anonymous
|
I'm pretty sure I'm the father of I baby. Can I sue to establish paternity? I'm in Va and she is here or in Maryland or dc ( this area)
Thank you |
Anonymous
You need a lawyer's help, not DCUM help. Usually it's the other way around though, with the mom suing to estbalish paternity so you can be made to pay child support. |
Anonymous
I'll get a lawyer. But before I pay $500 for consult anybody know if I can sue |
Anonymous
You can file paternity determination in family court, I believe, but I'm not sure in which jurisdiction (VA). I think you're withholding some information here. Does the mother not WANT to acknowledge your paternity? Is there another man involved such as a husband she cheated on or married after her relationship with you? What would you DO with the information if you ARE the father? Seek joint custody? |
Anonymous
|
More here BTW
http://www.dss.virginia.gov/pub/pdf/dcse_paternity.pdf Again, if Mom resides in another state, that's another ball of wax. |
Anonymous
| I want custody. The child will be better off with my wife and me than alone with her. Thanks |
Anonymous
|
OP,
Meet with a lawyer and discuss the realities of your situation. Interesting that you know that the child will be better off with you and your wife when you do not even know where the child and the mother live! |
Anonymous
| This is some Maury type crap. Disguisting... Hope your wife leaves you |
Anonymous
Does your wife agree? (And if you haven't told her yet, your marriage isn't strong enough to bring this child into your home.) |
Anonymous
Yes she agrees. |
Anonymous
this is ridiculous. you don't even know if it's your baby but you think it would be better off with you? Did it ever cross your mind that the baby might have a relationship with the mom? It would be cruel to try to take a child away unless there are REAL concerns, not just you are pissy at her. I really hope you mean that you will seek JOINT custody if the baby is yours. |
Anonymous
|
I saw a TV movie like this a couple of weeks ago. The single mom won full custody. I'm not sure a judge would agree that a cheating married guy and his (probably pissed) wife would be better parents than a single mom unless drugs were involved.
I sincerely hope this is a troll post. |
Anonymous
|
13:25 Was it based on a true story?
OP, I know a father who spent $175,000 on a custody case. in DC. And lost. (The mother had to spend at least that much.) Do you know what you are doing? |
Anonymous
Are you sure? I think that she may have written this post: http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/215672.page , which to me is the product of someone who isn't sure at all what she wants. |
Anonymous
|
Is the babys mother married?
I am not sure, but I heard that in some places you cannot claim paternity rights if the woman is married. Something about the sanctity of marriage or maybe they wanted to outlaw having babies with the neighbors wife |