Legal Question in Family Law in Massachusetts

i think this was already asked.

The father may well have the right of seeing his child.

You have said nothing that would suggest the need for supervised visits.

There are other legal issues hidden in this equation, but the facts you noted do not lead me there yet.

You should have an attorney. His ability to get unsupervied visitation will deoend upon whether or not the court feels the biological father has anything in his history to require that he have supervised visitation.

Whether he can have the child stay overnight will be dictated by his living arrangements.

You might request social services do an evaluation of him and his home environment.

Good Luck.

Unless there is a reason to require supervised visitation, the court will not impose this very serious restriction. You should consult with an attorney since there appears to be much more to this story than you were able to fit into the limited space for a question. Whether to retain an attorney is, ultimately, up to your girlfriend and her alone, however, by virtue of their education, training and experience, an attorney is likely to be better versed in the law as it applies to this case. Neither the court, the judge, clerks or probation officers, are allowed to give advice to one side or the other and are not bound to act in your best interest.