Originally Posted by Cat Herder:
I am of the understanding that the CHILD has a legal right to both parents. Visitation is not about parents rights, it is about the childs rights.
Definitely talk to the lawyer, again.
Your provider would have been covered the first time as his (dads) identity had not been established with her, yet. As far as I know that only works once though.
Yes. I had a dcb with a father in prison. Mom had sole custody. Dad wasn't on ANY information. He came to pick up dcb one day. I refused to release him. He was a stranger to me. He was a stranger to dcb. He wasn't on any pick up list. He came back with paperwork and the police the following day but dcm had kept him home until she could work it out in the court. I legally would have HAD to release him to the father.
Until rights are terminated (or there is a court order on file), regardless of who has custody, I HAVE to release a child to his/her parent if asked to.