Child Custody

A friend of mine is pregnant and not married. She wants to have the baby but does not want the father to be involved in her's or the baby's life. Do father's of children born outside of marriage have any rights to custody of those children after they are born? They live in Connecticut.

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Sienna:
[b]A friend of mine is pregnant and not married. She wants to have the baby but does not want the father to be involved in her's or the baby's life. Do father's of children born outside of marriage have any rights to custody of those children after they are born? They live in Connecticut. [/b]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

My response:

Yes, they do. If the father wishes to have issues of visitation, custody, child support, etc. resolved, then all he has to do is file a Petition for the same, and let a court decide. He, along with the baby, will be compelled to go through testing to determine paternity - - if the mother refuses to place father's name on the birth certificate.

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Sienna:
[b]A friend of mine is pregnant and not married. She wants to have the baby but does not want the father to be involved in her's or the baby's life. Do father's of children born outside of marriage have any rights to custody of those children after they are born? They live in Connecticut. [/b]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Why is it that some people think that men don't have rights when it comes to their children? Your question was if father's have rights to children born outside of marriage,well why would you think he didn't? She didn't make that baby all by herself now did she? Just because they weren't married at the time, doesn't mean he has any less rights than if they had been married. If he wants to be involved in his child's life, she can't stop him. She can prevent his name from being on the birth certificate which would mean that he would have no legal rights to the child until paternaty was set. Once that is done, he can ask for visitation and she can't stop that.I just don't understand how he was good enough for her but not good enough to be a father.