My son got a girl pregnent

[Marie79]

My son was 17 when he got a 16 yr old pregnent. Now he is 18 and the girls mother is telling me that when her daughter has my grand child that my son has no legal rights to his child because the mother is a minor. Is this true.

 

[disagreeable]

Actually, he has no legal right to the child because a court has not granted any.

 

[shrinkmaster]

It also means he has no legal obligation to support child either. Check to see if your state has a punitive Father registry. This will give him some leverage once child is born to establish his rights

 

[mightymoose]

He could do the same thing when the child is with him if he wanted to. Without a court order establishing custody/visitation either of them can make up whatever rules they want, although nobody can enforce them.
The sooner a visitation order is obtained through the court the smoother things will go.

 

[Proserpina]

It also means he has no legal obligation to support child either. Check to see if your state has a punitive Father registry. This will give him some leverage once child is born to establish his rights

Putative (though I'm sure some would say "punitive" is more appropriate!).

Info here: http://www.state.il.us/DCFS/docs/CFS 1050-10 Putative Father Registry.pdf

According to the website he better get going with things.