Can a unwed mother leave Washington state with her kids, without fathers consent?
My boyfriend is worried that the mother of his one year old twins can just pack up her stuff and leave the state with her kids. They have been separated for 6 months, but he has been contributing to buying diapers and wipes whenever they are needed by her. And giving her money for the twins. She also lets him have the twins on the weekends. But neither one of them have gone to the court or state regarding getting custody or filing any child support or parenting plans. Can she just up and move to Utah without getting custody in order or a parenting plan done???
The twins has his last name and he signed the affidavit saying he is the father. The hospital lost the actual birth certificates.
Yes she can. Your boyfriend will have to take the matter to court to be granted any rights that the mother might be denying him as a father. But if she’s granted legal custody of the children, then your boyfriend can’t prevent her from moving to another state anyway.
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right now yes. get a custody agreement in place an the answer is no good luck!
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It depends on if his name is on the birth certificates or not.
If his name is not on the certificates,he cannot stop her from taking the twins with her,he has no legal rights to the twins and he does not have to support them either.
If his name is on the certificates,then they will need to go to court to get legal custody settled then child support established.
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Yes she can get a legal agreement. And then no she would be commiting kidnapping then.
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Yes she can. Your boyfriend will have to take the matter to court to be granted any rights that the mother might be denying him as a father. But if she’s granted legal custody of the children, then your boyfriend can’t prevent her from moving to another state anyway.
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If there is no custody order,she can pretty much do as she pleases. He needs to go to court and have the custody order straightened out as well as the child support issue. Giving her money without a court order can come back and bite him in the butt. According to the court,he is not giving her child support now,he is giving her a gift.
Getting a firm custody order with the courts could prevent her from leaving the state with his children.
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