My question involves a child custody case from the State of: AL
My husband and I are getting a divorce. Our child was born before we were married and he is not on the birth certificate (he knows that he's not on it). He said at one point that he wanted to sign away his rights to the child especially since he was moving out of state before the divorce will be final, but I know that it's not possible to sign away rights to a child that he currently has no rights to. I have a few questions:
1. How could he go about establishing paternity in AL if he were to choose to? DNA testing is one I know of, but is there some kind of Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgment he could sign to avoid the cost of the DNA test (cost being a concern of his)? Who would be responsible for the cost?
2. Since the child was not born while we were married, do we even have to mention the child in the divorce?
3. I realize if she is not mentioned in the divorce proceedings, I will not get child support (which I am OK with), and that he could one day come back and establish paternity in order to get visitation rights. If I were to remarry and the child was adopted by the step-dad, could the biological father still come after me for visitation via establishing paternity?
My husband and I are getting a divorce. Our child was born before we were married and he is not on the birth certificate (he knows that he's not on it). He said at one point that he wanted to sign away his rights to the child especially since he was moving out of state before the divorce will be final, but I know that it's not possible to sign away rights to a child that he currently has no rights to. I have a few questions:
1. How could he go about establishing paternity in AL if he were to choose to? DNA testing is one I know of, but is there some kind of Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgment he could sign to avoid the cost of the DNA test (cost being a concern of his)? Who would be responsible for the cost?
2. Since the child was not born while we were married, do we even have to mention the child in the divorce?
3. I realize if she is not mentioned in the divorce proceedings, I will not get child support (which I am OK with), and that he could one day come back and establish paternity in order to get visitation rights. If I were to remarry and the child was adopted by the step-dad, could the biological father still come after me for visitation via establishing paternity?
Establishing an Order: Custody Of a Child Born Before Marriage, Husband is Not on the Birth Certificate
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