My question involves a child custody case from the State of: TN
My son is the biological father of a school aged child who is enrolled in another part of the state (TN). He lives with his mother who has sole custody and has 100% of education decisions. They were never married but his name is on the birth certificate & the courts have recognized him as the father (dna test). My son wants to start receiving information from her school (mom wont send anything). I called the school and asked and then faxed them a request letter with the court papers stating he is the father. My questions are:
1- what are the schools required to send? (will he get a copy of everything in her school folder including grades and any notes from mom?)
2- what can he do if he gets nothing or not what he has rights to get?
3- can mom stop him from getting anything since she has 100% educational decisions (we think she’ll fight it)?
4- we want to visit the school to eat lunch with her and to go on field trips. Can mom stop this?
Thank you for time. We have a lawyer but we don’t get many answers. He just said to send a letter (and we did) and just keeps saying wait (that’s all we ever do).

