What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Alaska
I live in interior Alaska and my boyfriend and I have been having some problems following the birth of my daughter who is now three months old. I was just wondering if you all could explain to me the rights I have as my baby's biological mother.
We have been fighting a lot because of our current living situation. We were forced to move back in with my mother as her caregiver (my sister) abandoned her. My mother is blind and crippled and a very high fall risk so she needs to have someone here to care for her- and that someone has to be me for the time being. It has been a very difficult situation and it seems to be taking its toll on all of us.
My boyfriend (we were planning on getting married eventually) has been very frustrated and has constantly been expressing to me that I just "packed up the baby and left" his house- when we discussed it and he decided to move with me into my mother's home. He is upset because I "took his daughter away from him" when he was welcomed to come with me into my mother's house as well.
My daughter is breast-fed- because breastfeeding is the best source of nutrition for a baby of her age. Now his mother is also getting involved in this whole situation.
My boyfriend is still living with my mother and I as of now- inspite of the frequent arguing.
His mother told me today that she needs to spend more time with my daughter than three hours a week and insisted that I send her with her father to visit her at her house while I stay at my mother's house and care for her. I don't understand why it's crucial for her to spend more than three hours a week with my daughter or why it's worth my breasts getting painfully engorged plus the anxiety I have whenever I am not around my baby- plus the detriment of her having to be fed formula while at her grandmother's house. Note: my mother can't get into my boyfriend's mother's house because it is not handicapped accessible and his mother doesn't want to come out to my mother's house very often because it's a long drive from where she lives). My daughter's father constantly reminds me that his mother has "legal rights" to visit with her granddaughter- that he looked it up online and I'm not sure exactly what sort of rights those are. She is not my daughter's biological grandmother because my boyfriend is adopted.
He has threatened to take my daughter away from me a couple of times before while we were fighting and has then apologized to me afterwards saying that he didn't mean it. He has filled me with anxiety- I constantly am afraid he might try to kidnap her and I may never see her again or that I will have to take him to court if we ever get to the point where we can't get along anymore...
We are not married but we are currently co-habitating- we have been for over a year. We are both my daughter's biological parents.
Question 1) Can he legally take my daughter away from me without my consent for a specific or nonspecific amount of time?
Question 2) Can his mother legally demand to spend more than three hours a week with my daughter?
Question 3) What are my rights as her mother and what are his rights as her father?
I live in interior Alaska and my boyfriend and I have been having some problems following the birth of my daughter who is now three months old. I was just wondering if you all could explain to me the rights I have as my baby's biological mother.
We have been fighting a lot because of our current living situation. We were forced to move back in with my mother as her caregiver (my sister) abandoned her. My mother is blind and crippled and a very high fall risk so she needs to have someone here to care for her- and that someone has to be me for the time being. It has been a very difficult situation and it seems to be taking its toll on all of us.
My boyfriend (we were planning on getting married eventually) has been very frustrated and has constantly been expressing to me that I just "packed up the baby and left" his house- when we discussed it and he decided to move with me into my mother's home. He is upset because I "took his daughter away from him" when he was welcomed to come with me into my mother's house as well.
My daughter is breast-fed- because breastfeeding is the best source of nutrition for a baby of her age. Now his mother is also getting involved in this whole situation.
My boyfriend is still living with my mother and I as of now- inspite of the frequent arguing.
His mother told me today that she needs to spend more time with my daughter than three hours a week and insisted that I send her with her father to visit her at her house while I stay at my mother's house and care for her. I don't understand why it's crucial for her to spend more than three hours a week with my daughter or why it's worth my breasts getting painfully engorged plus the anxiety I have whenever I am not around my baby- plus the detriment of her having to be fed formula while at her grandmother's house. Note: my mother can't get into my boyfriend's mother's house because it is not handicapped accessible and his mother doesn't want to come out to my mother's house very often because it's a long drive from where she lives). My daughter's father constantly reminds me that his mother has "legal rights" to visit with her granddaughter- that he looked it up online and I'm not sure exactly what sort of rights those are. She is not my daughter's biological grandmother because my boyfriend is adopted.
He has threatened to take my daughter away from me a couple of times before while we were fighting and has then apologized to me afterwards saying that he didn't mean it. He has filled me with anxiety- I constantly am afraid he might try to kidnap her and I may never see her again or that I will have to take him to court if we ever get to the point where we can't get along anymore...
We are not married but we are currently co-habitating- we have been for over a year. We are both my daughter's biological parents.
Question 1) Can he legally take my daughter away from me without my consent for a specific or nonspecific amount of time?
Question 2) Can his mother legally demand to spend more than three hours a week with my daughter?
Question 3) What are my rights as her mother and what are his rights as her father?
