If the father is not involved, your daughter could enter into a grandparent visitation agreement with his mother. You should have an attorney deal with this.

Answer Applies to: Ohio
Replied: 11/7/2011

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Your daughter is the only legal parent of the child since the child was born out of wedlock and has not been legitimized by the father. She can ask for child support if she wishes to do so, but she cannot force the father to see the child if he does not want to. If the father desires, he can file a petition for legitimation with the court to establish himself as the child's legal parent and can ask for set visitation in the petition.

Answer Applies to: Georgia
Replied: 11/6/2011

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For a putative father (not married to the mother at conception or birth) to obtain visitation, he must first file a suit for Legitimation. For the child's mother to establish paternity, she would have to file a suit for Paternity. For the child's paternal grandparents to establish visitation, they must file an action for Grandparent Visitation.

Answer Applies to: Georgia
Replied: 11/4/2011

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I will file an action to establish the parent-child relationship between the baby and father. The court will order the father to pay child support, will establish custody, and will arrange for the appropriate visitation schedule. The issues of child support, custody and visitation will be set forth in specific terms in a written judgment by the court.

Answer Applies to: Illinois
Replied: 11/4/2011

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I would recommend filing a complaint for custody with the Family Court and your daughter and the father can also submit their own custodial arrangement for approval by the Court. Any agreement will include terms for visitation and child support and once ordered by the Court, will be enforceable through the police. The Family Court offers self-help forms to assist you.

Answer Applies to: Nevada
Replied: 11/3/2011

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You need to hire a lawyer to "establish paternity" and get custody orders and child support orders set up.

Answer Applies to: Texas
Replied: 11/3/2011

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Grandparent visitation is certainly something that may be established through the court, and you may want to consult with an attorney or legal aid organization prior to filing the paperwork to establish this visitation. Also, you will want to ensure that this is something that the paternal grandmother also wants prior to filing the necessary paperwork.

Answer Applies to: Massachusetts
Replied: 11/3/2011

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You need to file a paternity action asserting that he is the father and seeking to establish child support and a formal contact schedule. You should see a lawyer about what this entails.

Answer Applies to: Florida
Replied: 11/3/2011

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A Complaint for Custody should be filed, in order for the Court to appropriately address all issues.

Answer Applies to: Pennsylvania
Replied: 11/3/2011

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A paternity action will need to be filed. This will set up visitation as well as child support. If unmarried at the time of birth, the father will have to be adjudicated the legal father with DNA testing despite the fact he is on the birth certificate. All this can be done as part of a paternity action. An attorney can file and legally advise you on how to proceed and file for this.

Answer Applies to: Alabama
Replied: 11/3/2011

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Your daughter is the sole residential parent and custodian. She calls the shots as to who sees the child and when. That the father is on the birth certificate is irrelevant; he and his family can only see the child when your daughter says so until the court orders otherwise.

Answer Applies to: Ohio
Replied: 11/2/2011

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The parties can devise their own written agreement establishing whatever rules concerning the child they wish to establish. As long as both are willing to abide by the agreement, it may be sufficient. However, it is not legally binding or enforceable unless and until it is approved and adopted as a court order in a paternity or custody case. Generally, in Colorado a grandparent can only acquire legally enforceable visitation rights as a part of a custody case between the parents.

Answer Applies to: Colorado
Replied: 11/2/2011

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Grandma usually has no legal rights at all.

Answer Applies to: Georgia
Replied: 11/2/2011

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Right now your daughter has full legal and physical custody of the child and has the right to dictate how and when the father sees the child. If she wants a court ordered schedule, she can to file paternity action and request child support and a court ordered visitation schedule. Frankly, it's up to the father to file a legitimation action and ask for visitation; it's not the Mother's responsibility to request a visitation schedule under these circumstances since she already has full custody and control over the child.

Answer Applies to: Georgia
Replied: 11/2/2011

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You as the guardian of your daughter will have to file for custody of the child to set up visitation.

Answer Applies to: New York
Replied: 11/2/2011

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