NORTH CAROLINA
An unmarried couple has a baby. Dad signs the AOP. Parents bring baby home from the hospital and live together for a year. No court orders. In NC one of the states where mom has sole custody in this type of situation?
All my google searches turn up child support info and UCCJEA links but I can't find the link to the law that shows who has default custody.
(I am trying to convince a friend to see an attorney BEFORE he just up and leaves with the baby but he insists that his living with the baby established his custodial rights. He'd believe the actual law but I can't find it! He won't come here because he is so sure that being the baby's dad means he has equal custody to the mom, even though they never married.)
An unmarried couple has a baby. Dad signs the AOP. Parents bring baby home from the hospital and live together for a year. No court orders. In NC one of the states where mom has sole custody in this type of situation?
All my google searches turn up child support info and UCCJEA links but I can't find the link to the law that shows who has default custody.
(I am trying to convince a friend to see an attorney BEFORE he just up and leaves with the baby but he insists that his living with the baby established his custodial rights. He'd believe the actual law but I can't find it! He won't come here because he is so sure that being the baby's dad means he has equal custody to the mom, even though they never married.)