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GrammySue
My question involves a child custody case from the State of: Virginia
My daughter is a 15 (almost 16) year old. She had a daughter and has been taking care of her and going to school. They both live with me and my other two daughters. The baby is developing wonderfully. We have a court date that they said I had to be the petitioner in because of her age. The baby's father is claiming he is not the father so they have given him a guardian ad lit um. We received another court document about paternity. I assume they will establish paternity. He has repeatedly said he doesn't want to help with her because he has other things to do. Can he sign over his rights to custody? Should she have been assigned a guardian ad litum like the baby and the father have been?