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    Question Can My Pregnant Girlfriend Move to Her Native Country Before My Child is Born

    My question involves paternity law for the State of: Oregon

    So my girl friend is pregnant with my child and wants to move out of the US and back to her native country before the child is born, to raise him/her. I don't want her to, but I don't have too much say in this. Can she legally move out of the country with my unborn child? What are my options in the future for this child if she does move? Is there any way for me to legally get her to have the child in the US?

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    Default Re: Can My Pregnant Girlfriend Move to Her Native Country Before My Child is Born

    Yes, she can move before the child is born.

    Your options, to be brutally honest with you, consist of finding a way to visit your child where your child is living and/or getting a court order which you hope can be enforced where Mom lives. Where is she from?

    No, you cannot have her compelled to give birth in the US. And you really, really don't want that to be a valid option anyway.

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    Default Re: Can My Pregnant Girlfriend Move to Her Native Country Before My Child is Born

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    Yes, she can move before the child is born.

    Your options, to be brutally honest with you, consist of finding a way to visit your child where your child is living and/or getting a court order which you hope can be enforced where Mom lives. Where is she from?

    No, you cannot have her compelled to give birth in the US. And you really, really don't want that to be a valid option anyway.
    Like button. Absolutely true. You have no legal authority over your GF's foetus. She can give birth to the now-unborn child wherever in the world she wants to give birth to it.

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    Default Re: Can My Pregnant Girlfriend Move to Her Native Country Before My Child is Born

    Oregon permits you to commence a paternity action before the birth of the child. From what you have told us, although it would not prevent the mother from moving, it would make sense for you to do so.

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    Default Re: Can My Pregnant Girlfriend Move to Her Native Country Before My Child is Born

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    Yes, she can move before the child is born.

    Your options, to be brutally honest with you, consist of finding a way to visit your child where your child is living and/or getting a court order which you hope can be enforced where Mom lives. Where is she from?

    No, you cannot have her compelled to give birth in the US. And you really, really don't want that to be a valid option anyway.

    -Thanks, I think. She is from Brazil.

    -Thanks, I think. She is from Brazil

    She is from Brazil

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    Default Re: Can My Pregnant Girlfriend Move to Her Native Country Before My Child is Born

    That's unfortunate; Brazil has been accused by the US of being non-compliant with the various Hague Convention requirements and has a strong reputation of providing no assistance to American citizens wishing to enforce a US custody order involving a dual nationality child.

    I'm being serious when I ask this - but is there any chance of you moving to Brazil?

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    Default Re: Can My Pregnant Girlfriend Move to Her Native Country Before My Child is Born

    I've spent some time there and would prefer not to move to Brazil. Thanks for all the feedback though, albeit not what I was hoping for.

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    I've spent some time there and would prefer not to move to Brazil. Thanks for all the feedback though, albeit not what I was hoping for.
    I'm genuinely sorry, Dad-to-be. There is little-to-no protection for unwed fathers.

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