Unwed parents in Virginia

[Unregistered]

Who has custody in a situation regarding a five month old in which:
-The parents are not married.
-The father is not on the birth certificate.
-The father has not proven paternity.
-The father hasn't supported the child financially.
-The child has the mother's lastname.
-The child has never left the mother (no visitation outside the mother's home)

 

[army judge]

The birth mother, in such a situation, is the putative parent, and such status invests in her custody.

An unwed father must prove his paternity, and go to court to argue for visitation. He'll usually get no custody of an infant.


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