pregnant teen 2 possible fathers....

[acashon]

My little sister is 17 and 11 weeks pregnant. She will have the baby 2 weeks after she turns 18. She is still in high school. My family and I are supporting her thru everything. The problem we are having is there are two possible fathers. The 1st guy is being supportive for the most part, and the other guy is not at all. The mom of guy #2 has called my mother and yelled at her swore at her and told her she was letting 2 teenagers ruin there lifes, and told her to have my sister have an abortion. So my sister is not allowed to talk to anyone in that family or their friends without my mom with her. My sister is perfectly ok with that. Now the 2nd guy is saying that his mom has called a lawyer about joint custody. The 2nd guy last week just got a dui and was in jail. He is 17 will be 18 in october. My family and I would be more than happy if they would sign their rights as the babys father over and not have anything to do with the baby. These guys dont have very good jobs, their famillies dont have any money, they are practically white trash. I would like to know what rights my sister has, what rights my parents have, and what rights the guys would have if they were the father. Could either one of the guys get joint custody? Anything would help! Thank you for your answers ahead of time!

 

[cbg]

AFTER the baby is born, for either of them to have any rights or any chance at any kind of custody, paternity would have to be established. In this day of DNA testing, that's a very easy thing to do. The one who is not the father will have no rights and no responsibilities. The one who is, will have both; the right to a relationship with his child and the responsibility to financially care for it. The baby, also, has a right to a relationship with BOTH parents. It's unlikely that the father could be required to relinquish his rights, even voluntarily and even if that's what your sister wants, and much more likely that he will be required to pay child support. Joint custody could go either way depending on the judge.

 

[Duranie]

Your sister decided to get pregnant so she needs to grow up and understand there will be a father here eventually and whoever is the father by DNA test will eventually get some rights if he wants them. The courts will not allow them to terminate rights so that us tax payers can support the baby. You cannot terminate rights until paternity has been determined AND there is a subsequent adoption. After the baby is born, if she goes on any government assistance they will order a DNA test and child support order. Or she can file for child support on her own then a DNa test will be ordered. The father then can pursue visitation.