Who Gets Custody When One Parent is Out-of-State and Does Nothing

My question involves a child custody case from the State of: alabama if my childs father stays in another state and doesnt do anything for her now can i take him to court for custody because if somethings happens to me i would want her to stay with my parents cause he said he would come and take her but he didnt signed the birth certificate

Getting custody won't deprive Dad of his rights; if something happened to you he'd be first in line (once he established paternity) for custody.

You can't "will" your child to someone else, I'm afraid.

What if he wasnt suppose to leave the state of alabama then can I go to court and get full custody

He can go and live where he wants to live.

Even if you get sole custody - and I'm not sure you understand how custody works (I'd be glad to help you further with that :) ) - he'd STILL be first in line for custody once paternity is established.

I would appreciate the help but he wasnt suppose to leave the state of alabama

I don't think you're understanding.

If he's on probation and that's a condition, it generally won't make a difference as to whether or not he can get visitation with his child/ren.

How about you tell us what's actually going on here?

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Quoting laquita

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he said he would come and take her but he didnt signed the birth certificate

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Is he legally daddy?

Yes he is her father but he want help me at all

What is it you actually want?

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Yes he is her father but he want help me at all

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If you want his financial help (which is the only type of help he can be compelled to give), you'll need to file a paternity action against him, have him adjudicated as the father, and seek a child support order.

Would I be getting him in trouble by taking him to court if he still on paper and he is in another state

There's really no way for us to predict that. But that IS the only way to get child support out of him.