Daughter is 16 mos. Father refuses to provide valid address. Known to be on drugs. Does not privide any financial support. Has made zero contact efforts in over 45 days and has ceased response to my own efforts to make contact with him. I want to move for abandonement. I am out of state. Hes in AZ, im in TX. Must i file for sole or abandonement in az? Is court required?
If you are not married to the father, you would first have to establish paternity through a DNA test. If he does not respond to you and fails to answer a lawsuit if you or the AG filed, you would likely get a default judgment for child support against him. He would also be declared the legal father by default. The court would not order him to have a possession schedule if he doesn't show up. However, he could try at some point to establish a visitation schedule with the child. If he's a drug addict he would likely only get some type of supervised visitation depending on what county you're in.
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