Does the Father Have Rights

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Quoting medenno

My question involves a child custody case from the State of: South Carolina

My roommate is pregnant, and the father does not want the child, but she cannot bring herself to get an abortion because of personal and moral values she was raised with. She thinks that he will never want to be in the child's life because he is 24 and still wants to party and hang out with his friends all the time. Her permanent residence is Pennsylvannia, and we are just going to college down in SC. She heard that unless the father signs over all of his parental rights, if she decides she wants to move, he has to say that it is okay, and if he doesn't, the child goes to the father. Is this true? After school, she does not want to live here, so will this happen. Also, if the father signs over all of his rights, that means she cannot collect child support right? She is afraid of him trying to come into the baby's life a few years from now. Also, does it matter if she is not a South Carolina resident?

As long as they are not married, the father is not the legal father unless he signs an AOP at the time of birth. Therefore, he wouldn't have any rights to relinquish.

He, will have the right to file in court to establish paternity, as does the mother. The mother is not legally required to do so, unless she ever collects any public assistance.

Once paternity is established though, the father would not be able to relinquish his parental rights.

Until the child is born, and paternity is legally established, the mother can move anywhere she wishes and does not need the father's permission.