Legal Question in Family Law in Texas
I'm currently pregnant and the father of the child was a heavy alcoholic and currently has 2 dwis on his record as well as domestic violence charges. I did not know about either till he landed himself in jail for a dwi (his 2nd one) and I left. The domestic violence charges are from his wife (that again I did not know he had from the start) he had ran his truck in their house while drunk, with her and his son still inside. he's a violent person and a danger to my child. I guess My question is, since I am not putting him on the birth certificate nor child support does he have any rights or would I have to take him to court to demolish them. He won't agree to signing them over his self. All though has not contacted me nor my family to see how the baby is doing or to get anything for the baby since I was 2 months I am now 8. If you can please explain to me what I would need to do.
Thank you and God bless.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Hopefully you did not apply for medicade, food stamps or WIC. If you do, then you have signed over your rights to the TX A G office and eventually they will want to know the daddy's name so that they can file to recover money on behalf of Texas taxpayers.
Don't put him on the birth certificate. Then he will have to go to court and establish paternity. Request DNA testing to make him prove he's the bio dad. He can file for paternity for the next 18 years.
Look on this website and www.avvo.com for an attorney in your area that handles child custody and support cases. Be prepared to hire this attorney if he files any legal paperwork to establish his paternity.
Other than that, you need to be the best person you can be (no drugs or alcohol or other "bad" things). Breast feed for as long as you can - as long as the child is breast feeding most judges will limit long visits with the father.
Take care and I hope that you have a wonderful pregnancy.
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