Originally Posted by cassiesue:
Max I just checked and the law in Mn is quite similar to Georgia's. If you were not married to the child's father then:
Mn statute 257.541 states: "The biological mother of a child born to a mother who was not married to the child's father when the child was born and was not married to the child's father when the child was conceived has sole custody of the child until paternity has been established under sections 257.51 to 257.74, or until custody is determined in a separate proceeding under section 518.156."
Therefore just as in Georgia a father can be ordered to pay child support to said child and still have zero right of access to that child.
That has not been my experience here at all...
A declaration of parentage is what usually defines who is and who isn't a legal parent.
Whether mom has legal custody of not.... If a parent I've never met shows up here with the police, I can't deny that parent access to their child.