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  1. #1
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    Default Abandonment

    My question involves paternity law for the State of: Ohio

    Is there a set amount of time that a father has no contact with his child that it would be considered abandonment? How long is it? My daughter's dad (we were never married) hasn't seen her in a good long while out of his own free will and whenever he calls/texts me it's never about her and it just causes trouble with my current relationship because it's never about her. He's also ordered to pay child support, which he's never paid.

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    Default Re: Abandonment

    How old is the child?

    When was the child support order made?

    Is there a visitation order?

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    Default Re: Abandonment

    Your goal is what? Step-parent adoption?

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    Default Re: Abandonment

    Have you taken him to court to try to enforce the child support order?

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    Default Re: Abandonment

    She's 3 ~ the child support order was made last August (not very long ago) ~ and no, no visitation order, he and I agreed that we could handle visitation without involving the courts

    My goal would be step-parent adoption eventually when me and my bf get married.

    And no, I haven't taken him to court yet, I was waiting for the end of February for it to hit the 6 month mark of not receiving any child support.

    I've told him before that if he keeps contacting me for things other than our daughter and causing problems, then I was going to file harassment charges on him.

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    Default Re: Abandonment

    Under your circumstances, you may want to get an order for sole custody and get visitation set by the court. If you have an informal agreement and he takes off with the child then you have nothing but heartache. His actions seem to indicate he cannot be trusted.

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    Default Re: Abandonment

    Under Ohio Law ~ a child born to an unmarried mother, the mother already has sole custody.

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    Default Re: Abandonment

    Quote Quoting faceofanangel33
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    Under Ohio Law ~ a child born to an unmarried mother, the mother already has sole custody.
    No. Actually if there is a named father, there is a "Presumption of Joint Custody".

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