child custody rights

If a man and woman have a child out of wedlock and then seperate, who has legal or physical custody rights to this child? Note: an affidavite of paternity was signed at the hospital by the father.

I suppose he is listed on the birth certificate since he signed an affidavite of paternity. I don't believe either of you has more custody than the other. In my experience, b/c there is no legal document stating that you have sole custody of your child, he has the same amount of rights as you do.The same goes as if you were married. You both share legal and physical custody of the child until a paper,signed by a judge, states otherwise. I hope that helped just a little bit.

Have faith that everything will work out! I am going through the same thing. When speaking with an attorney, they express to me that we both had equal rights. But since the baby is newborn and breastfeeding I had a shot of having the baby living with me, and working out some type of custody arrangement.

Just make sure that everything is going okay in your life that he cannot find a reason to contest it.

I have a daughter out of wedlock. Just recently my daughters mother ended our relationship. She says I can See my daughter but only under her supervision. First of all, that is just akward, secondly she lives in another state and we are both students so we have generally opted for longer visits less frequently (5-6 weeks in summer, Christmas vacation, spring break, Thanksgiving, but this is highly unlikely now, since we are no longer together. Also my parents very much want to see my daughter and this will greatly limit, if not any time they get with her if I can only see my daughter under her "supervision". What do I need to do to be able to assert my rights?