Category Archives: Parental Rights

Insist Upon Your Right to Visit Your Child

February 6, 2008 – 8:00 am

There’s something I like about both the NRA and the ACLU. I know they’re such different organizations. One is considered very liberal, the other very conservative. But they have one thing in common: they don’t sit back and expect their rights to simply be handed to them. They fight for their rights. If they think […]

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Recognition of Parentage

January 21, 2008 – 8:31 am

When a child is born to a couple that is not married, it is important for both parents to sign off on a Recognition of Parentage form, for custody and parenting time purposes, as well as for child support purposes. A father’s right to custody or parenting time is established easily by a Recognition […]

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Parental rights

January 16, 2008 – 7:47 am

An occasional question that arises is whether a parent can ‘sign off’ on his or her parental rights (and, presumably, obligations as well). This usually comes up in the context of a post-dissolution case where one parent simply does not want to be involved in his or her children’s lives.
In Indiana, the law does […]

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How Can a Father Win Custody?

November 28, 2007 – 7:27 am

This is another question in my periodic series of common questions from clients. The short answer to how fathers can win custody is: the same way mothers do. There is often still a perception that women automatically always win custody. That is not true. Mothers still end up with custody […]

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Grandparent Visitation in Georgia

November 1, 2007 – 5:15 am

Do grandparents have the right to visit their grandchildren?
In Georgia, grandparents can ask the Superior Court for visitation rights by filing a Petition for Visitation.
There are two ways for a grandparent to seek visitation.
1. File an Original Action for Visitation. A grandparent can file what is called an ‘original action’ for […]

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