Is it Abandonment to Leave a Child With Her Grandparents

What do you believe that it means to "file for abandonment"?

I am quite possibly wrong, but I assumed that for the father to get granted primary custody & for mother to only have supervised visitation, that it would be easier if father filed abandonment(proving mother unfit). Wouldn't father have to have grounds to get granted primary custody? Or would the mother not visiting or seeing the child be grounds enough?

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Father does not want bio mothers rights terminated.

Again, if the father is petitioning for custody based on the mother's leaving the child with the grandmother, he's alleging a form of abandonment to the court. He will raise any claims along that line along with anything else that may help persuade the court to accept his position under the best interest factors. That, however, doesn't change what he's doing -- filing for a modification of custody -- into some other form of legal action.

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Quoting sally81725

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I am quite possibly wrong, but I assumed that for the father to get granted primary custody & for mother to only have supervised visitation, that it would be easier if father filed abandonment(proving mother unfit). Wouldn't father have to have grounds to get granted primary custody? Or would the mother not visiting or seeing the child be grounds enough?

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Father does not want bio mothers rights terminated.

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Is there a reason for that? Dad doesn't need to prove anything. He files for primary custody, Mom will be served (and he really needs an attorney given that normal service isn't likely here). If she turns up in court, Dad has a huge ace up his sleeve.

Erm..sorry, I didn't see MKIA's post.

^^^ What he said.