Father is a bad influence on child?

Question

Okay I will put this in a short story. My son's father has no custody what so ever or vistitation rights (visitation was only a verbal agreement). He has an extensive criminal record (6 felonies and 2 misdemeanors in the past 5 years) and he has been in prison 3 times and jail i have no idea how many times (probation violations... he isnt supposed to drink or drive a vehicle of any sort due to a suspended license for dui's). my son flat out told me that he does not want to see his dad anymore. my son is only four years old but he is very smart beyond his years. i also have picture proof of my son's father drinking with our son in his presence and they are really current pictures (less than a month old). i was wondering what grounds i have in court to have the court take away his parental rights? i am going to be getting married soon and my fiance wants to adopt my son. please help me out. oh and i reside in north dakota so see what you can help me out with! thank you very much!

Answer 1

you as the mother have the right to take him to court if you think he will hurt the child or do things around the child that are not appropriate

behavior. don't wait to do it go to your local court house and let them know why you want to do it and what they can do to help. better safe than sorry.

good luck and god bless

Answer 2

i dont know if this helps you much, i think that if you have evidence of his bad parenting youve a good chance in court but over here (uk) if you were going to marry someone who wasnt the father of your child and they wished to adopt then you would need the fathers permission  if his name is on the birth certificate, if i was in your situation id marry change my name and get as far away as i could and change your sons name by deed poll i know its not the same as adoption but you all have the same surname in your new place whos to know and hopefully ur ex ashole  wont be able to track you down so easy

Answer 3

You can't change parentage after the fact.  

Answer 4

I think you shouldn't have hard time getting his father rights taken away. Since he drinks and has criminal record on him.  And the judge would see want better for the child. I am in the same boat. The baby father that I am carrying is being a jerk. I am taking his father rights away before he does try to something. He drinks smokes weed and he hardly has no food in his house. Get a lawyer and start talking to him and they would give you good advice.

Answer 5

Is the dad listed as the father on the birth certificate?  If so then he has a right to visitation.  If not, he doesn't have any right.  Also, if you deny him visitation and paternity has not been established, he would have to care enough to go through a paternity test to achieve his right to visitation.  At that point, he would also have the joy of paying child support, the failure to pay could result in additional prison time for him.  Or it could create another factor in establishing that he has abandoned your child.  

Hope this helps.  It would be good to know the status of his claim that he is the father. I understand that you acknowledge him to be the father but that doesn't mean that he doesn't have to prove it.