QUESTION
Does not signing the VAP and not putting him on the birth certificate take all his rights away?
Asked on Mar 17th, 2013 on Child Custody - Illinois
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I'm currently living in Illinois. I'm going on four months pregnant. The father is Nigerian and here on a green card. I know he has to pay child support but I read somewhere that if I sign up for a medical card, link card, WIC, and section 8 he has to pay all that back. Why is that? Do I have to share custody with him still? Can he relinquish his rights & use that to get out of paying child support? If he gets visitation through the courts, can I request they be supervised & that he relinquish his passport? I'm terrified he'll flee with my baby.
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If he doesn't sign the VAP, & is not put on the birth certificate, when the time comes, that would not take away his legal rights with regard to the child, but he would have to file a parentage case in court to address the issues of child support, visitation, etc.
Answered on Mar 18th, 2013 at 10:28 PM