Legal Question in Family Law in Minnesota

Visitation

I have a 19 month old child and her father and I were never married. He is currently moving in with a new girlfriend and demands that I allow visitation there over night. I recieve child support that was determined by the courts because I had to have county assistance. His girlfriend is not a citizen of the US. Isn't this a hazard for kidnapping? He is also talking about getting married which would give him dual citizenship. I thought there was some law on this. I was also curious that since I recieve the child support does that give me sole physical custody because it was not directly stated in the support court papers. Thank you for your time.


Asked on 2/27/05, 4:29 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Re: Visitation

The child support papers didn't need to make a custody award to you because Minnesota statutes automatically give unwed mothers sole custody and access rights to their children. The father has no visitation rights unless and until he petitions a court for them and a judge decides to grant him some.

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Answered on 3/01/05, 9:46 am


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