You can file in either state. Get a custody agreement so you can start seeing your child. And don’t settle for supervised visitation, your marital status has nothing to do with your biological status.
The action should be filed in the home state of the child. The father will likely be awarded visitation unless he has issues that make that unhealthy for the child.
Good luck.
Lee S. Rosen
Board Certified Family Law Specialist
The Rosen Law Firm
4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 500
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
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I have a question regarding the rights of an unwed father. Here is the situation, the mother of the child will not allow the father to take the child who is 10 months old out of her home. He is only allowed to visit her in her home for short periods of time. It is a 5 hours drive for the father to visit the child since he lives in another state. What rights does the father have and should he go to court in NC or in the state he lives in for visitation/custody rights?
Thanks